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Kerala stand was right in ship case: Chandy
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday claimed that the Supreme Court and the Union Government had accepted the position taken by the State in the case pertaining to the killing of two Indian fishermen in gunfire from Italian oil tanker Enrica Lexie.
Briefing newsmen on the decisions taken at the weekly meeting of the State Cabinet in Thiruvananthapuram, Chandy said that there had been no lapses from the part of the State Government and that its stand was transparent from the very beginning of the case since February 15, the day the killings took place.
“It was the State which had brought the problems in the settlement pacts between Italy and the relatives of the victims of the gunfire. Italy was forced to withdraw (from its earlier position) because Kerala had raised the issue. The apex court’s decision has come in accordance with the position of the State,’ he said.
“The case registered in Kerala in connection with the sea-firing incident is legally maintainable. There is no need of any doubt about that. We have taken a bold position and we will fight this case with all the will power it takes. The only error was a submission made by the additional solicitor general but that has already been settled,” Chandy said.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday claimed that the Supreme Court and the Union Government had accepted the position taken by the State in the case pertaining to the killing of two Indian fishermen in gunfire from Italian oil tanker Enrica Lexie.
Briefing newsmen on the decisions taken at the weekly meeting of the State Cabinet in Thiruvananthapuram, Chandy said that there had been no lapses from the part of the State Government and that its stand was transparent from the very beginning of the case since February 15, the day the killings took place.
“It was the State which had brought the problems in the settlement pacts between Italy and the relatives of the victims of the gunfire. Italy was forced to withdraw (from its earlier position) because Kerala had raised the issue. The apex court’s decision has come in accordance with the position of the State,’ he said.
“The case registered in Kerala in connection with the sea-firing incident is legally maintainable. There is no need of any doubt about that. We have taken a bold position and we will fight this case with all the will power it takes. The only error was a submission made by the additional solicitor general but that has already been settled,” Chandy said.
