{"id":7850,"date":"2010-12-20T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T11:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2010-12-20T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T11:13:50","slug":"judicial-panel-starts-hearings-in-kerala-boat-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/judicial-panel-starts-hearings-in-kerala-boat-tragedy","title":{"rendered":"Judicial panel starts hearings in Kerala boat tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/judicial-panel-starts-hearings-in-kerala-boat-tragedy\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"lake at the wildlife reserve\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve.bmp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve.bmp\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7851\" title=\"lake at the wildlife reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/lake-at-the-wildlife-reserve.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Almost 15 months after a boat capsized in Kerala\u2019s Thekkady wildlife reserve leaving 45 people drowned, the one-man judicial commission appointed by the government Monday recorded statements of various officials on the tragedy.Justice (Retd) E. Moideen Kunju recorded statements of officials from the forest and tourism departments and the police besides the locals regarding the Sep 30, 2009 boat accident. He later told the media that the report would be submitted in a month\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>On Sep 30, 2009, a boat owned by the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) sank in a lake at the wildlife reserve here after capsizing.<\/p>\n<p>The boat, which had a capacity of 76 passengers, had 87 people on board at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The government announced a Crime Branch probe but the cause of the tragedy is yet to be ascertained.The Crime Branch has arrested six people since then but the inquiry appears to have lost steam by now.<\/p>\n<p>Those arrested included K.K. Sanjeev, the surveyor, N.A. Giri, an official of the Chennai-based firm that manufactured the boat, Victor Samuel, the boat driver, his assistant, a forest guard and Chief Boat Inspector M. Mathews.<\/p>\n<p>All the six are currently on bail and Samuel, the boat driver, lost his job.<\/p>\n<p>Boating in the lake, however, resumed 106 days after the tragedy struck but with stringent checks in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 15 months after a boat capsized in Kerala\u2019s Thekkady wildlife reserve leaving 45 people drowned, the one-man judicial commission appointed by the government Monday recorded statements of various officials on the tragedy.Justice (Retd) E. 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Issuing the summons, Thodupuzha's judicial magistrate (first class) asked Joseph, the working chairman of the Kerala Congress (Mani), to appear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Water-Resources-Minister-P.J.-Joseph.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15691,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-sex-scandal-case-police-get-a-month-to-finish-probe","url_meta":{"origin":7850,"position":4},"title":"Kerala sex scandal case: Police get a month to finish probe","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Kerala High Court Thursday asked police to complete within a month the investigation into the two-decade-old Kozhikode sex scandal case involving state minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty. Appearing for the state government, Advocate General K.P. Dandapani requested the court to grant police another six\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21826,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/italian-marine-case-next-hearing-on-july-25","url_meta":{"origin":7850,"position":5},"title":"Italian marine case: Next hearing on July 25","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Italian marine case, in which two Indian fishermen were killed, is posted for July 25 by a local court of Kerala. The involved marine is 'Enrica Lexie'. 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