Salman case: Maha govt to file SLP in SC within a week

The Maharashtra government will file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court in a week's time, challenging the Bombay high court verdict that acquitted actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case. An official in the Law and Judiciary department said that directions have been issued to state lawyers to file the SLP. "The government will challenge the high court verdict on its merits. The SLP will be filed within a week's time," he said.