Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Victim's heirs in dispute over compensation

While Salman Khan walks away free, the legal heirs of the deceased Nurulla Sharif are contesting in the Bombay High Court as to who would get the Rs10 lakh compensation that the actor had deposited in the court in 2002.

Advocate Javed Hussein, who appeared for Sharif's son, said it was the travesty of justice that the rightful heir was not being given the compensation amount. The issue is still pending in the high court.

While the injured witnesses have withdrawn the amount deposited for them, the son and the brother of Sharif's ex-wife are in a dispute over who will get the compensation. The court even asked them to reach an amicable settlement but to no avail.

On the last hearing of the plea that took place last year, the court had said, "This court cannot decide who is the legal representative. There appears to be a dispute between the heirs. Therefore, we cannot allow the said person to withdraw the amount. They will have to produce an order of a competent court, holding that they are the legal representatives."

As per an order passed in 2002 by the Bombay High Court, Khan had been told to deposit Rs19 lakh, of which Rs 10 lakh was to be given to Sharif's legal heirs. In the early hours of September 28, 2002, Khan allegedly rammed his Land Cruiser into a bakery on Hill Road in Bandra, running over its workers who were sleeping on the footpath. One person was killed and four others were injured in the accident.