Why has Centre not given GPS for fishers: High Court
The Madras High Court has directed the Centre to file an affidavit explaining the steps taken by it to prevent Indian fishermen from crossing the international maritime boundary line and entering the Lankan waters.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-09-01 20:16 GMT
Chennai
A division bench, comprising Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad, asked as to why the Centre has not thought of supplying global positioning system (GPS) to the fishermen to help them know the area and the boundary where they can go fishing.
The bench was hearing a plea from Fisherman Care, a NGO. The petitioner sought to raise the matter of human rights violations committed by the Lankan Navy against Indian fishermen, with the International Court of Justice for taking action against the Lankan Navy for allegedly violating the 1974 pact between the two countries.
The bench then posted the matter after two weeks for further hearing.
On August 21, the court had directed the Tamil Nadu government to file the status of the plea filed by former chief minister, late J Jayalalithaa, in her capacity as AIADMK general secretary before the Supreme Court in 2008.
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