The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on May 26 the plea of Italian marine Salvatore Girone, seeking permission to go to his country till an International Arbitral Tribunal decides the jurisdictional issue between India and Italy. <br/><br/>Italian marines who were on board ship 'Enrica Lexie', are accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012. The other marine Massimiliano Latorre is already in Italy on health grounds and his stay there has recently been extended by the apex court till September 30 this year. <br/><br/>A vacation bench comprising Justices P C Pant and D Y Chandrachud would hear the fresh plea of Girone on Thursday in which he has sought modification of a Kerala High Court order granting him bail in the case. Italy and India have been making contrary claims over the right to prosecute the two Italian marines in the case.
News On AIR | May 23, 2016 1:39 PM
SC agrees to hear Salvatore Girone's plea to go to Italy