New Delhi: The Supreme Court dominated that the proceedings in opposition to the two Italian Marines will be closed and Italian authorities will prosecute them as per the ruling by a global tribunal. The two marines on board the MV Enrica Lexie — an Italian flagged oil tanker — are accused of killing two Indian fishermen who have been on a fishing vessel in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in February 2012.
Shortly after the incident, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two Italian marines— Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre.
A trip bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and M R Shah stated the case in opposition to the marines for the offences can be now pursued by Italy in referrence to the worldwide arbitral award and the phrases of the settlement amongst India, Italy and the Kerala authorities.
Further, the apex court docket stated that it will go an order on June 15 concerning the disbursal of the Rs 10 crore compensation paid by the Italian authorities to the household of the fishermen.
Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta advised the bench that Republic of Italy has deposited Rs 10 crore with it over and above the ex-gratia paid earlier and the identical has been deposited by the Union Ministry of External Affairs with the apex court docket’s registry as directed.
“There was an award by International Tribunal, which we as a Nation have accepted. The agreement is among Republic of Italy, India and the Kerala government,” the regulation officer stated,
“Now, the question of apportionment of the compensation amount remains and it can be left to the Kerala Government. The dispute before the international tribunal was as to which country, Italy or India, has the jurisdiction to prosecute the marines and it was decided that both the nations have the ‘concurrent jurisdiction'”, Mehta stated.
The compensation is a mutually agreed quantity between India and Italy when it comes to the award by a global tribunal.
The Supreme Court had earlier stated that Rs 4 crore every out of the compensation will go to the subsequent of kin of the two fishermen whereas Rs 2 crore will be given to the proprietor of the fishing vessel during which they have been travelling.
