https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171130 State police jurisdiction does not extend into the contiguous zone merely because domestic penal law and criminal procedure have been extended there by notification. The Kerala State Police therefore lacked authority to investigate an offshore shooting occurring beyond territorial waters, despite the fishing vessel's connection with Neendakara. India may nevertheless exercise criminal jurisdiction through the Union's criminal justice system. Article 97 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea applies to collisions and comparable navigation incidents on the high seas, not to a criminal firing incident in the contiguous zone; it does not confer exclusive jurisdiction on the flag State or nationality State in those circumstances. en-us Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:40:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171130 State police jurisdiction does not extend into the contiguous zone merely because domestic penal law and criminal procedure have been extended there by notification. The Kerala State Police therefore lacked authority to investigate an offshore shooting occurring beyond territorial waters, despite the fishing vessel's connection with Neendakara. India may nevertheless exercise criminal jurisdiction through the Union's criminal justice system. Article 97 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea applies to collisions and comparable navigation incidents on the high seas, not to a criminal firing incident in the contiguous zone; it does not confer exclusive jurisdiction on the flag State or nationality State in those circumstances. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171130