Marine can stay in Italy: Supreme Court
The court had earlier allowed him to go to Italy on medical grounds.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the Italian marine Massimiliano Lattore to stay back in Italy till the international tribunal decides the jurisdiction as to which country had the right to try the case relating to the killing of two fishermen off Kerala coast in February 2012.
The court had earlier allowed him to go to Italy on medical grounds. A three judge Bench of Justices Anil R. Dave, Kurian Joseph and Amitav Roy passed this order on an application from Lattore seeking modification of the bail conditions on the same terms as the one passed for another marine Mr. Girone in May this year.
Additional solicitor general P.S. Narasimha informed the court that the Centre has no objection for modification of bail conditions of marine Massimiliano Latorre to enable him remain in that country till an international tribunal decided which country had the right to try the case of killing of two Indian fishermen. The Additional Solicitor General submitted that arbitral proceedings would take a year or two to complete.