Italian Marines Case: Supreme Court orders closure of trial as Italy deposits compensation republicworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from republicworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Republic of Italy is yet to deposit before the Central Government the Rupees 10 crores compensation in the Enrica Lexie case related to the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian Marines in 2012.
This was informed by the Union of India before the Supreme Court on Monday.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India was hearing the application filed by the Centre seeking to close the criminal cases against the two Italian Marines in India, after accepting the compensation offered by Italy.
On April 9, the Supreme Court had asked the Republic of Italy of deposit the Rupees 10 crores compensation in the account specified by the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Ministry was in turn directed to deposit the same in the Supreme Court after receiving the amount from Italy.
Cases Against Italian Marines Will Be Closed Only After Compensation Is Deposited, Says Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the criminal cases pending in India against the two Italian Marines in the Enrica Lexie case will be closed only after the Republic of Italy deposits the compensation agreed to be paid to the victims of sea firing incident of 2012.
A bench headed by the
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde directed that the Republic of Italy should deposit the compensation amount in terms of the award of the international tribunal in the account specified by the Ministry of External Affairs. Within a week of receiving such amount from the Italy Government, the Ministry should deposit the same before the Supreme Court, the bench further ordered.
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