The supreme court today closed all criminal cases against two italian marines who were accused of shooting dead two indian fishermen off the kerala coast in 2012.
Saying that Italy should carry out its probe and that India, Italy and Kerala must cooperate, the Supreme Court directed that the compensation of Rs.10 crore given by Italy must be transferred to the Kerala High Court.
“We are satisfied with the compensation and the ex-gratia paid over and above earlier.
This is a fit case to close all proceedings in India under Article 142 of the Constitutions”,the Supreme Court said today.
The Kerala government had told the court that out of Rs.10 crore, Rs.4 crore each will be paid to the two victims’ families and Rs.2 crore to the owner of the boat which was destroyed.
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