Foreign lawyers to appear for India in Italian marines case
Alain Pellet & R Bundy were hired to represent its case before the International Tribunal
New Delhi: Two foreign lawyers, experts in international arbitration, have been hired by India to challenge Italy’s move to take the issue of two of its marines, accused of killing fishermen off Kerala coast, to an international tribunal in Hamburg, Germany, next week.
Alain Pellet and R. Bundy were hired by India to represent its case before the International Tribunal on Law of the Sea (ITLOS) which will hear the case on August 10-11.
Pellet is a French expert in international law and former president of the UN International Law Commission while Bundy has 30 years of experience as counsel and advocate in many public international law litigations.
An Indian team, comprising additional solicitor general P.L. Narasimha, officials from Ministries of External Affairs and Home, would also be in Germany to assist the two hired lawyers.