<span style="color: #222222;">An international arbitration court in The Hague today began hearing into Italy's request to direct India to drop all criminal prosecution against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 and grant Rome jurisdiction in the case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Italy took the issue to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2015, saying the case should be tried under maritime law as the incident happened in international waters. India, however, insists that the accused should return to New Delhi for a final judgement by an Indian court. India's representative G Balasubramanian told the court, Italy maintains it has the exclusive jurisdiction in the case but one must take into account the fact that India and the two fishermen are the victims in this case.<br />''<br />''Currently, the two marines – Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone – are in Italy.</span><br />