TN government to move SC seeking to expedite Katchatheevu case

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsTamil Nadu government today said ithas decided to move the Supreme Court for expediting a pendingcase seeking that the 1974 and 1976 accords under whichKatchatheevu islet was ceded to Sri Lanka by India be declaredillegal to pave way for its retrieval.Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said she chaired a reviewmeeting yesterday with the Chief Secretary and other officialsfrom relevant departments including Revenue where the decisionwas taken."It was decided in the meeting that the Tamil Nadugovernment will file a petition in the Supreme Court seekingto expedite the case (filed by her in 2008 and in which theRevenue Department impleaded itself later) seeking declarationof the agreements illegal," she said.The decision was taken following the attacks on Indianfishermen by Sri Lankan navy which "continue unabated,"Jayalalithaa said in statement.Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits has come into focus withTamil Nadu fishermen alleging frequent attacks by the SriLankan Navy on them when they for fishing near the islet.Jayalalithaa has also repeatedly spoken of thefishermen's "traditional fishing rights" there while pitchingher case with the Centre for its retrieval from Sri Lanka.She had filed a case in the Supreme Court in 2008 in thisregard, and after her party was elected to power last year,had moved a resolution in the Assembly seeking to implead theRevenue Department in the case.first published:September 15, 2012, 12:50 ISTlast updated:September 15, 2012, 12:50 IST
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