PIL filed against road rogues

The Bombay High Court will on Saturday hear a public interest litigation (PIL) urging a review of provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act to de...

The Bombay High Court will on Saturday hear a public interest litigation (PIL) urging a review of provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act to deal sternly with rash drivers and increase compensation to accident victims based on the earnings of the driver.

The PIL filed by journalists Nikhil Wagle, Niru Damle and Mahila Dakshata Samiti’s Sudha Kulkarni refers to last week’s accident involving actor Salman Khan. The PIL has made Salman, Maharashtra state and the Police Commissioner respondents.

	Surrender passport, Salman told
MUMBAI: Police have directed actor Salman Khan to surrender his passport till the probe is not over. Salman has been asked not to leave the country and cooperate with the police. He has been asked to attend Bandra police station as and when required, officials said. (PTI) Story continues below this ad

The matter will be heard by the division bench of Justice A.P. Shah and Ranjana Desai. The PIL has raised legal issues, including granting compensation to victims based on the earnings of the vehicle owner if he is the driver.

The PIL said the law must be changed to make the driver liable to pay compensation apart from that paid by insurance companies. Referring to Salman’s past arrogant behaviour with co-stars, it suggested that he be examined medically to ascertain if he is mentally depressed.

Meanwhile, investigations have established that the Toyota Landcruiser is registered in the name of one Abdul Rahim and not in Salman’s name. Today’s investigations included the interrogation of singer Kamaal Khan who was with Salman at the time of the accident. The singer was at the police station for three hours. A very close friend of Salman, designer Vikram Phadnis talked about how the accident has affected the actor. ‘‘He’s very upset. He finds it unfortunate that he was part of the events.’’

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