The Centre today moved the Supreme Court to restrain the Cyprus ship, which collided with an Indian warship in January last year, from leaving Indian territorial waters. In an urgent hearing, justices H L Dattu and B S Chauhan assembled on a weekend in the Supreme Court but refused to pass any order. Posting the matter for hearing on Monday, the bench said that it cannot set a precedent to take up such matters on an unsitting day.

The government had claimed that the damage to its warship was extensive and had sought compensation of around 48 crore rupees. The two ships had collided at the Mumbai port on January 31st last year.