NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday directed the Indian Consulate in Indonesia to take pressing steps to make sure correct authorized illustration and help for 3 Indian nationals sentenced to dying by an Indonesian courtroom.
The courtroom additionally instructed the consulate to assist facilitate communication between the convicted males and their households in India
The instructions got here in response to a petition filed by the wives of the three males — Raju Muthukumaran, Selvadurai Dinakaran, and Govindasamy Vimalkandhan, who have been sentenced to dying on April 25, 2025, by the Tanjung Balai Karimun district courtroom for narcotics-related offences.
The petitioners declare that the boys, who have been working at a shipyard in Indonesia on the time of their arrest, are the only earners for his or her households and lack the monetary means to pursue an attraction.
Justice Sachin Datta, listening to the matter, requested the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) to diplomatically interact with the Indonesian authorities to safeguard the rights of the Indian nationals beneath any related worldwide conventions or bilateral agreements.
The MEA’s standing counsel, advocate Ashish Dixit, accepted the discover on behalf of the ministry and sought time to acquire additional directions.
Given the strict deadlines for submitting an attraction in Indonesia, the petitioners requested instant authorized assist to forestall irreversible penalties.
The excessive courtroom has listed the matter for additional listening to on Might 6, 2025.