A seafarer in his early 20s was booked for forging US visa documents. He was not granted bail by a sessions court that said that the youth travelling abroad on fake documents will tarnish the image of India.
The Bandra-Kurla Complex police booked the boy in 2021 based on a complaint filed by a US Consulate official. The US consulate’s assistant regional security officer made a report mentioning that he was assigned the work of verifying documents and interviewing those who had submitted...
Nearly a week’s logjam in global trade ends, with the refloating of the Suez Canal grounded ship Ever Given. However, things are not looking good for its Indian crew who might face legal charges.
The grounded cargo ship has an all Indian crew who were lauded for their efforts during this 6 day rescue efforts. However now they are in a crossfire as the 25 Indian crew of the ship don’t know how the canal authorities will treat them.
The seafarers are concerned over the legal issues that they might...
Criminalization of the seafarers is a term used when any crew, master or any maritime professional faces criminal charges due to an accident involving their vessel, which also caused damage to the port or territorial waters of a country or its environment or such damage to a person or property in the territorial waters of a country.
Most of the time when a charge is brought against the captain of the ship which caused the damage, there is a “wrong belief” that it had an intention on the part of...
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