2 min readNew DelhiJan 20, 2016 03:22 AM IST
First published on: Jan 20, 2016 at 03:22 AM IST
The tribunal was set up in November last year to arbitrate between India and Italy. (Source: PTI)
The Arbitral Tribunal under the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague is likely to take up a plea moved by Italy in the Marines case in the last week of March.
The tribunal was set up in November last year to arbitrate between India and Italy in the dispute surrounding criminal jurisdiction over marines Sergeant Salvatore Girone and Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre.
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The plea, filed in December last year, sought directions allowing Girone to travel to and remain in Italy till arbitration between the two countries is completed.
Following a discussion on Monday on certain procedural matters, the Arbitral Tribunal is likely to hear the plea on March 30 or 31, sources said.
Girone has been living in the Italian Embassy in New Delhi, while Latorre was allowed to travel to Italy last year after being diagnosed with a medical condition.
The two marines are accused by India of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012.
Italy had submitted a plea before the recently formed Arbitral Tribunal requesting provisional measures under Section 290 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Asking for Girone to be allowed to return, Italy wanted the Arbitral Tribunal to “recognise and protect fundamental rights before the final settlement of the dispute”.
While Italy appointed Professor Francesco Francioni on June 26 as one of the five arbitrators, India appointed Judge Patibandla Chandrasekhara Rao.
The tribunal was set up in November last year to arbitrate between India and Italy. (Source: PTI)
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