Tuesday, March 2, 2010

HC orders arrest of Cambodian ship

Mar 2, 2010
Times of India (TNN)

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday ordered the arrest of a foreign vessel, M V Lady Alla, flying the Cambodian flag and now lying at the outer anchorage of the Nagapattinam port in Tamil Nadu, after two of its senior crew members complained that the ship's owners had not paid wages to the crew.
Acting on an application from Ukrainian nationals Kozak Pavlo and Palagin Dmtro, who have filed a suit for recovery of dues worth $11,993 and for arrest and sale of the vessel, Justice G Rajasuria said a prima facie case had been made out for ordering the arrest of the ship. He ordered the court registry to take steps to issue a warrant. The case was posted to March 8.
In their application for the ship's arrest, Pavlo and Dmtro, said the vessel was owned by Shipping and Trucks Company Ltd, London. The owners were in arrears of payment towards wages for the plaintiffs for several months. Besides, others in the 16-member crew on board the vessel had also not been paid wages, they said.

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