{"id":52275,"date":"2006-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-to-amend-merchant-shipping-act-1958-with-a-view-to-protect-the-on-22-august-2006"},"modified":"2018-06-09T07:49:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T02:19:34","slug":"need-to-amend-merchant-shipping-act-1958-with-a-view-to-protect-the-on-22-august-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-to-amend-merchant-shipping-act-1958-with-a-view-to-protect-the-on-22-august-2006","title":{"rendered":"Need To Amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 With A View To Protect The &#8230; on 22 August, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Need To Amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 With A View To Protect The &#8230; on 22 August, 2006<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>                                          an&gt; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=Title%20\">Title <\/a>:  Need to amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 with a view to protect the interests of Indian Seamen.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20SUNIL%20KHAN%20\">SHRI SUNIL KHAN <\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=DURGAPUR\">DURGAPUR<\/a>): It is reported that a good no. of seamen are regularly killed in high seas. It is also inhuman that Indian seafarers who are reported missing have no trace in high seas. The tragic and mysterious disappearance from the vessel MSC Carmen on 12th Oct. 05 of\u00a0\u00a0 Hasan Zaheer wit <\/p>\n<p>h four others is one of the cases. The approach of the Government of India is very indifferent. It\u2019s also a fact that tampering of evidence has become a common feature in these cases. The bereaved families run from pillar to post for justice which is seldom met. A genuine demand has been raised to amend Merchant Shipping Act. 1958.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So, I urge upon the Hon\u2019ble Minister of Shipping to amend the Act by adding the line \u201closs of life of any citizen of India\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Need To Amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 With A View To Protect The &#8230; on 22 August, 2006 an&gt; Title : Need to amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 with a view to protect the interests of Indian Seamen. \u00a0 SHRI SUNIL KHAN (DURGAPUR): It is reported that a good no. of seamen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need To Amend Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 With A View To Protect The ... on 22 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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