New Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on Friday on a plea by the Italian government challenging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the killing of two Indians by two Italian marines off the Kerala coast.
The hearing which was scheduled for Thursday was deferred to Friday because the court wanted Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati to be present. The Italian government and the marines had also questioned the invoking of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 in the case but these pleas were also rejected by the court.
Italian marines Chief Master Sergeant Massimilano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone, on board Italian cargo vessel Enrica Lexie, shot dead two Indian fishermen on February 15, 2012 suspecting them to be pirates.
The Italian government had on April 16 told the apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Anil R Dave and Justice Vikramajit Sen that invoking of the safe navigation law in a first information report (FIR) registered in New Delhi was contrary to its (apex court's) earlier decision. ...
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06:11 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on Monday on a plea by the Italian government challenging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the killing of two Indians by two Italian marines off the Kerala coast. The Italian government and the marines had also questioned the invoking of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 in the case...
09:19 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed the state Assembly on Monday that India would go to any length to see that the two Italian marines were brought back to stand trial for killing two Indian fishermen. ...
01:16 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Kochi: The Kerala High Court Thursday ruled that the two Italian Marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February can be allowed to go home for Christmas. The court had caveats too: the marines could be allowed to go provided they return latest by 3 pm, January 10, 2013, and the Indian government allows them to go. A bank guarantee of Rs...
03:42 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Italy's Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paolo on Sunday visited two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off the coast of Kerala, stepping up pressure to allow the men home for Christmas after the case flared into a diplomatic spat. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting the cargo ship Enrica Lexie from pirate attacks, opened fired on a fishing boat they mistook for a pirate craft...
03:48 PM, Dec 16, 2012
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
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial proceedings against the two Italian marines in the fishermen killing case. The marines had approached the court challenging the Kollam Sessions Court order that denied them translated copies of the prosecution documents and eye witnesses' accounts. The High Court issued a notice to the government on the matter. ...
01:14 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay trial proceedings against the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen earlier this year off the Kochi coast in Kerala. The apex court also issued notices to the Government of India and the Kerala government on a petition filed by the marines seeking quashing of proceedings against them. The next hearing in the case will be on August...
02:44 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Kollam: A local court in Kollam on Tuesday adjourned to July 25 trial in the case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen by two Italian marines on board 'Enrica Lexie' off Kollam coast. Judge PD Rajan of the district and sessions court adjourned the trial to July 25 and rejected the defence plea for the translated version of the charge sheet in Italian language. The judge observed that...
02:29 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has expressed "great satisfaction" over the release on bail of two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen, but said the final objective of his government is to ensure their return to the country. "I express my own and the government's great satisfaction for the liberation, under bail conditions, of our marines. An important objective has been reached," Monti said in...
01:50 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Three months after being jailed for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, the Kerala High Court granted bail to two Italian marines on Wednesday. The court asked the marines to deposit Rs 1 crore as personal bond. But the Italians cannot leave Kochi as their passports are with the police. The court also asked two Indians to stand as surety for the Italian marines. The Italian marines' lawyer Rajender Nair...
02:32 PM, May 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...
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
New Delhi: The Kollam sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the two Italian marines accused in the fishermen killing case. Meanwhile, in a new turn of events, Italy on Friday recalled its India ambassador Giacomo Monteforte to Rome. The ambassador was reportedly called back for consultations after the two Italian marines were charged with murder in the case on Friday. Meanhwile, Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Stefan Mistura...
01:15 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Kollam sessions court will on Saturday pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of the two Italian marines accused in the fishermen killings case. In a new turn of events, Italy on Friday recalled its India ambassador Giacomo Monteforte to Rome. The ambassador was reportedly called back for consultations after the two Italian marines were charged with murder in the case on Friday. Meanhwile, Italy's Deputy Foreign...
09:03 AM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: In the Kerala fishermen death case, Italy on Friday recalled its India ambassador Giacomo Monteforte to Rome. The ambassador has been called back for consultations over the detention of the two Italian marines who allegedly shot dead two Kerala fishermen. Meanwhile, Italy's deputy foreign minister Stefan Mistura insists that the compensation paid to the slain fishermen families was not blood money. The decision came on a day when...
08:52 PM, May 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The two Italian marines, Salvatore Girone and Latorre Massimillano, accused in the fishermen killings case, were charged with attempt to murder (Section 307) and the offence of committing murder (Section 302) on Friday. The SIT filed a chargesheet against the guards, Salvatore Girone and Latorre Massimillano, before the Kollam chief judicial magistrate court. The two had shot dead two fishermen in February this year, allegedly mistaking them for pirates....
01:16 PM, May 18, 2012
