Verdict on marine case not setback: Chandy
19 Jan 2013 6:53 AM IST
With the Supreme Court on Friday ruling that the Kerala government has no independent jurisdiction to try the two Italian marines for shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast last year, chief minister Oommen Chandy said the verdict is no setback because it upheld the argument that the case can be tried under Indian law.
‘The Italian’s had argued that Indian laws are not applicable and this has been ruled out by the apex court. Now the Indian law will oversee the case,’ Chandy said. Earlier, Dora Gelastine, wife of one of the fishermen Gelastine, 45, said she will let the court decide on justice for her.
‘I have lost everything and hence I have no opinion to say on this new ruling. Let the court decide and I should get justice,’ she said.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameswar held that it was only the Union of India that had the jurisdiction to hold the trial of the two marines.
BJP HITS OUT AT GOVT
BJP has accused the UDF government in Kerala of trying to save the two Italian marines accused in the Enrica Lexie case instead of ensuring justice to the families of the two slain fishermen after the Supreme Court on Friday ordered trial by a special court. BJP state president V Muraleedharan, in a statement here, said the state government failed to present all the actual facts regarding the firing incident before the apex court.
‘The Italian’s had argued that Indian laws are not applicable and this has been ruled out by the apex court. Now the Indian law will oversee the case,’ Chandy said. Earlier, Dora Gelastine, wife of one of the fishermen Gelastine, 45, said she will let the court decide on justice for her.
‘I have lost everything and hence I have no opinion to say on this new ruling. Let the court decide and I should get justice,’ she said.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameswar held that it was only the Union of India that had the jurisdiction to hold the trial of the two marines.
BJP HITS OUT AT GOVT
BJP has accused the UDF government in Kerala of trying to save the two Italian marines accused in the Enrica Lexie case instead of ensuring justice to the families of the two slain fishermen after the Supreme Court on Friday ordered trial by a special court. BJP state president V Muraleedharan, in a statement here, said the state government failed to present all the actual facts regarding the firing incident before the apex court.
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