Harish Salve tells AsiaNews that it is unclear when the special court charged with trying the two Italian marines will be set up or whether the case will be tried in India or Italy. The Indian Supreme Court ruled the case be moved from Kerala to New Delhi almost a month ago.

New Delhi (AsiaNews) - The case of Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone "is in a limbo no one knows," said Harish Salve, head of the legal team defending the two members of the San Marco Marines battalion, who spoke with AsiaNews.

For the past month, the two soldiers have been held in New Delhi, where a special court has to decide whether they will be tried in India or Italy for the shooting of two Indian fishermen, on 12 February 2012, off the coast of Kerala.

"No one knows how the government of India will handle the creation of this court or how the federal policy can investigate the incident," Salve told AsiaNews.

On 18 January, the Supreme Court ruled that the incident involving the Enrica Lexie occurred in international waters, thus denying Kerala jurisdiction.

However, at the time of the event neither Latorre nor Girone had immunity because they were on duty as security guards on the oil tanker.

For this reason, the justices moved the case to a special court. (GM)

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