Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:19 [IST] New Delhi, Feb 10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to Maharashtra government in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018. Avni Issuing notice to nine persons, mostly state government officials,A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said "...they flouted orders that they shall not reward anyone who kills (the tigress)." "We want to see clear findings that human nails, hair, teeth or whatever, does not disappear for a period of six months and that no such thing was found in (T1's) intestine. Show us...she was not a man-eater," Bobde said. "We will issue notice also. Because the reward part is clearly violated."