Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi pays floral tribute on the birth anniversary of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his memorial in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
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Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi pays floral tribute on the birth anniversary of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his memorial in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
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Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi takes a walk after paying tribute at the memorial of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
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Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, center, pays respects at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Harish Tyagi, Pool)
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In India, a young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus has been cremated. Her accused attackers are now charged with murder. (Dec. 30)
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Kashmiri Sikh students protesting against the brutal gang-rape of a woman on a bus last week in New Delhi, shout slogans in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New Delhi bus was flown to Singapore for treatment of severe internal injuries. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri Sikh students protesting against a brutal gang-rape of a woman on a bus last week in New Delhi, shout slogans in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New Delhi bus was flown to Singapore for treatment of severe internal injuries. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
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An ambulance is parked outside the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown Thursday to the Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal injuries that could last several weeks, officials said. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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People walk past the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown Thursday to the Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal injuries that could last several weeks, officials said. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
India extends ban on departure of Italian envoy
NEW DELHI (
AP) —
India's
Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving the country and rejected his explanation of his country's refusal to return two Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen.
Ambassador Daniele Mancini had given the Indian court a written promise the men would return to India by March 22. Last week Italy announced the men would not go back. The court then barred Mancini from leaving India and asked him to explain his position.
Chief Justice Altamas Kabir responded angrily on Monday when Mancini, through his lawyer, said his promise represented his government's position, which had changed. Kabir said Mancini's pledge was a personal one, and he had violated it.
"We never expected the Italian government to act in this manner," Kabir said.
Mancini also cited his own diplomatic immunity in opposing the court's order. The next court hearing is set for April 2.
The dispute has damaged relations between India and Italy. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said there will be consequences if Italy does not return the two marines. On Monday, India's Foreign Ministry said "the entire expanse of our relations with Italy" was being reviewed.
Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said India was bound by the directives of the Supreme Court and would abide by them.
The marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, were part of a military security team on board a cargo ship when they fired at a fishing boat in February last year, killing the two fishermen. The marines said they mistook the fishing boat for a pirate craft.
The court had allowed the marines to leave India in February to vote in Italian elections and to celebrate Easter.
Italy maintains that the shooting occurred in international waters and that Rome should have jurisdiction. India says the ship was in Indian territorial waters.
The Italian Foreign Ministry said last week that Italy would not return the marines because India's decision to try them violated their rights. It added that Italy would be open to international mediation.
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