The Supreme Court on Monday dominated that the Italian authorities will prosecute two Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February 2012 underneath a world arbitral award.
The high courtroom additional mentioned that it’ll cross an order on June 15 relating to the distribution of compensation of Rs 10 crore paid by the Italian authorities to the household of the fishermen.
Compensation is an quantity mutually agreed between India and Italy when it comes to the award by an International Tribunal. The Supreme Court had earlier mentioned that Rs 4 crore every of compensation could be given to the kin of two fishermen, whereas Rs 2 crore could be given to the proprietor of the fishing vessel wherein they had been touring.
On February 15, 2012, two Indian fishermen coming back from a fishing expedition close to the fishing vessel St. Antony off the island of Lakshadweep had been shot useless by two Italian marines aboard the oil tanker Enrica Lexi. The incident occurred about 20 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala. Soon after the incident, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Enrica Lexi and detained two Italian marines – Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latore.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
