The Italian Defence Minister met the two marines facing criminal trial over the killing of two Kerala fishermen in Kochi early on Sunday. ...
03:37 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen in February this year, purportedly mistaking them for pirates, did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity and are liable to be prosecuted here under Indian penal laws. Appearing before a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar, Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee said the two armed marines do not enjoy any...
03:13 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday extended till August 8 the stay on the proceedings before a Kollam court against two Italian marines facing murder charge for shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala waters in February. The court had on July 24 stayed the proceedings till Monday. When the matter came up, Justice CT Ravikumar extended the stay and posted the case to August 8 for further...
07:09 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by the Italian Government seeking quashing of the FIR against two of its marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the state coast in February and slapped a cost of Rs one lakh on it. Dismissing the petition, Justice PS Gopinathan said Kerala Police has the jurisdiction to register the case since the incident occurred in the territorial waters...
05:24 PM, May 29, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two Italian marines, lodged in the Central Prison here for allegedly shooting to death two Indian fishermen, would be shifted to Kochi. This was decided by the state government on Wednesday in view of the Supreme Court direction to it to take a stand on the plea of the Italian authorities to move the marines away from the Central Prison. Borstal school, where the two marines will be kept...
08:23 AM, May 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two Italian marines lodged in the Central Prison here for allegedly shooting to death two Indian fishermen, would be shifted to Kochi. This was decided by the state government on Wednesday in view of the Supreme Court direction to it to take a stand on the plea of the Italian authorities to move the marines away from the Central Prison. Borstal school, where the two marines will be kept...
11:01 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding Italy's unhappiness over the "unacceptable nature of the judicial developments" involving two of its marines, India on Tuesday made it clear that it will not "interfere" in the trial of two Italians facing murder charges in Kerala. "The judicial process is on and the Government of India is never known to interfere in tha process," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said when asked about framing of murder...
06:07 PM, May 22, 2012
Rome: Several hundred demonstrators made their way through the centre of Rome on Saturday in support of two Italian marines being held in a prison in India awaiting trail. The two men, Salvatore Girone and Massilimiano Latorre, are accused of shooting and killing two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates. They were providing security aboard an Italian oil tanker. Forty marines from the San Marco Battalion came to Rome to...
11:46 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Kerala government to consider within one week the plea for transferring to a guest house the two Italian marines, arrested in connection with the killing of Indian fishermen, on board the Enrica Lexie. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and SS Nijjar passed the order after Italy sought transfer of the two arrested marines to a suitable guest house in tune...
03:09 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a conditional release of Italian ship MV Enrica Lexie. The marines on board the ship had shot dead two Indian fishermen. The apex court asked the owner, master and shipping agent of the ship in India to give an undertaking to the Kerala High Court. A bond of Rs 3 crore will also have to be furnished to the Kerala High Court...
12:46 PM, May 02, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Italy on Tuesday alleged that the compromised reached between it and the families of the two fishermen killed earlier this year by two Italian marines on board an Italian ship Enrica Lexie, was "a gesture of goodwill" and was not to be "misread as a settlement of claim". Italy told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that if it considered the settlement to be "illegal", it should set it aside....
02:55 PM, May 01, 2012
Kollam (Ker): The judicial remand of the two marines of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, charged with shooting dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, was extended by 14 days by a court on Monday. Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone were brought from the Central Prison in Thiruvanantapuram and produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate AK Gopakumar on expiry of their judicial custody. The naval guards were arrested on February 19 and...
06:07 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Kochi: After families of two fishermen shot dead by marines onboard 'Enrica Lexie' reached a compromise with Italian authorities, the owner of the boat in which the victims were out for fishing has also agreed to settle the case. Notwithstanding the criminal case pending against the two marines involved in the case, Italian authorities have offered Rs 17 lakh to Freddy J, the owner of 'St Antony' boat, his counsel...
06:10 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: An Italian vessel captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members, including seven Indians, has been released. MT Enrico Ievoli, hijacked on December 27, has been released by the pirates, the Director General of Shipping said in a statement in Mumbai on Tuesday. The vessel is proceeding towards safe port where the crew would disembark and will be repatriated to their respective...
12:40 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Italian government on Tuesday signed a one crore compensation deal with families of the two fishermen shot dead by Italian marines. The two families have now withdrawn all petitions against the Italian crew. But crucially, the criminal case against the Italian marines filed by the Kerala government is still very much on. Pinku was one of the two fishermen shot dead allegedly by Italian marines off the Kerala...
10:33 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the compensation of Rs one crore to the families of two fishermen allegedly killed by two Italian marines, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said the detention case against those two Italians will continue. Reiterating India's position that it has the jurisdiction over the matter, official spokesperson in the MEA Syed Akbaruddin said there is a case in the Supreme Court over the jurisdiction of Indian...
06:41 PM, Apr 24, 2012
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre on Italian marines' release. The matter has been posted for hearing on May 8. ...
03:39 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: With Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy pushing for removal of Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval from the case involving the Italian ship, Union Law Ministry said no decision has been taken so far on the issue. Sources in the Law Ministry said any decision would be taken by the Attorney General in consultation with Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Earlier, livid over the U-turn made by Raval in the...
10:13 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram: Centre on Saturday distanced itself from Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval's submission in the Supreme Court that India has no jurisdiction to detain an Italian ship from which marines shot dead two Indian fishermen, asserting that it happened in Indian waters. "Government is clear that the incident happened in Indian waters," Shipping Minister GK Vasan told reporters in Chennai. "It might be his personal opinion," Vasan said, responding to...
04:46 PM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: The families of the two Kerala fishermen shot dead by Italian marines in February this year agreed to withdraw their cases on Friday after an Italian compensation offer of Rs 1 crore. However, in more drama, the Centre's lawyer in the Supreme Court faulted the Kerala Police for detaining the ship, a comment later clarified by the Ministry of External Affairs. Additional Solicitor General Haren Rawal told the...
09:38 AM, Apr 21, 2012
