Madurai: Madras High Court on Friday directed the Director General of Shipping, Deputy Trust Conservator Port Mumbai and Indian Coast Guard Commander to hold Panama MV Navios cargo ships that had been lying in the Port of Mumbai for Three Mumbai Sunday.
Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the temporary order when he heard the petition submitted by P Rajamni from Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu whose mechanical fishing vessel was damaged after a collision with a cargo ship in about 19 miles of sea from the fishing boat on October 22.
Shij Mon – I left Colachel Fishing port October 22 with 17 crew members on the ship.
Ruban Rose, 36, from Colachel is a boat driver who has 15 crew members from Kanyakumari District and two of Kolkata in West Bengal.
Around 8:15 a.m., the ship and fishing vessel collided at sea, leaving members of the injured crew and a badly damaged fishing boat.
Two injured fishermen were drunk by Indian coast guards and the others reached the coast along with a broken boat with the help of fishermen from two other ships.
Based on the complaint submitted by the ship driver, Marine Police Colachel registered the case below 280 (navigation of ship rash) and 337 (causing pain due to acting to endanger the life or personal safety of others) from the Indian criminal code.
In this situation, the applicant who is the ship owner, moved HC to find directions for quick investigations by holding back ships and also looking for compensation.
Applicants argue that if the ship is allowed to sail beyond the territorial waters of India, he and injured people will be left without medicine.
The court ordered notification to official respondents and ships and delayed this case until November 26.