Supreme court quashes all criminal proceedings against Italian Marines in 2012 sea-firing incident near Kerala coast Admin Tue, Jun 15, 2021, at ,03:38 PM Accepting the compensation of Rupees 10 crores deposited b the Republic of Italy, the Supreme Court quashed the criminal proceedings pending in India against two Italian Marines -Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - concerning the 2012 sea-firing incident near Kerala coast which killed two Indian fishermen. A Bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice MR Shah said the compensation of Rs 10 crore paid by the Italian government over and above payments already made was adequate. Now Italy must immediately start criminal proceedings against the two marines Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Gironde under its jurisdiction. We are satisfied with the compensation and the ex-gratia paid over and above earlier. Supreme court using article 142 of the Indian constitution and stated that "This is a fit case to close all proceedings in India,"