The Supreme Court today sought the Italian government's stand on a plea seeking release of its vessel Enrica Lexie whose two marines allegedly had shot dead two Indian fishermen in February.

A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale reserved its order on vessel's owner Dolphin Tankers' plea for release of the ship tomorrow. By this time, the Italian government too was asked to file its reply.

Earlier during the argument, the apex court questioned the Kerala government as to why it did not oppose the compromise reached between the families of the deceased fishermen and the Italian vessel's owners, who reportedly paid one crore rupees to each victim's family.