maritime law

Washington, Apr 2 The US voiced concerns on Thursday over China's detention of Panama-flagged vessels, saying such "bullying" destabilizes supply chains, raises costs, and erodes confidence in the global trading system."The United States stands with Panama against any retaliatory actions...

New Delhi, March 26 Reimagining the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is not about drafting a new constitution for the seas, but about rescuing the existing one from strategic inadequacy, a report said on Thursday.Writing for ‘India Narrative’, former Indian diplomat...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure "complete justice" after holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down with no possibility of reconciliation...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 Police have registered a case against the captain of a Panama-registered ship that rammed a fishing boat off the coast here, leaving two fishermen missing and nine others rescued, officials said on Monday.The Vizhinjam Coastal Police registered the case against the...

Mumbai, March 6 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) raised concerns on Friday about the sinking of an Iranian naval vessel – which had participated in India’s joint military exercises – in the Indian Ocean after being struck by a torpedo from a US submarine. It stated that amid the...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka on Thursday allowed a second Iranian ship to dock at the eastern port of Trincomalee and evacuated all 208 personnel on board, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.In a televised address...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it is considering appropriate action after a second Iranian ship has sought entry to its territorial waters, a day after a frigate belonging to the Islamic country was attacked near the island nation.However, no decision was announced by 6 pm...

Colombo, February 24 The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized their boat for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters, an official statement said on Tuesday.The Sri Lanka's North Central Naval Command spotted a group of Indian fishing boats engaged in illegal...

Eleven fishermen who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and released from a Sri Lankan prison arrived in Chennai. Of the eleven fishermen, four were from Ramanathapuram, and the other seven were from the districts of Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai. They were arrested in July of last year and...

Kolkata, February 17 – One Bangladeshi fishing boat, along with 28 crew members, was apprehended in the Bay of Bengal for illegally fishing in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Tuesday.The force said that the Bangladeshis, along with their boat, were...

Puducherry, February 16 Lt Governor K Kailashnathan has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention for the release of 25 fishermen from Karaikal who were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy last week.A statement from the Lt Governor's office said on Monday that a...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries.The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to the Fraserganj Fisheries Port in the South...

Colombo, February 16 The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended 25 Indian fishermen on Monday for allegedly poaching in the island nation's territorial waters.The fishermen were apprehended and their two trawlers were seized in Sri Lankan waters off Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, the Navy said in a statement...