India firmly believes in rule of Law of the Sea, says DMK MP

DMK MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian has said that India firmly believes successful and remains committed to ensuring that the regularisation of the Law of the Sea is applied consistently, fairly, and without arbitrariness by each concerned.

She introduced Prof. Bimal N. Patel, India’s campaigner for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) successful New York connected October 29, 2025. “We are pleased to contiguous the candidature of Prof. Patel, whose enactment connected planetary courts and tribunals, profound applicable and probe experience, and expertise successful planetary instrumentality and the Law of the Sea, on with his coagulated acquisition successful gathering institutions of excellence imbued with the highest standards of integrity, impartiality, and fairness, volition each lend to the enactment and estimation of ITLOS,” she said. The MP, shared a transcript of her speech, with the media here.

She noted that the seas and oceans person go progressively important sources of economical development, trade, and commerce, creating a greater request for mentation and clarification of the instrumentality of the oversea and maritime trade.

“The relation of the Tribunal volition go progressively important successful the maritime assemblage of planetary relations and volition beryllium called upon to make amended knowing and clarification of the rules of planetary instrumentality of the oversea and to uphold the aspirations of the planetary assemblage arising from UNCLOS, the Constitution of the Oceans,” Ms. Thangapandian said.