Courts take decision AFTER hearing the two sides i.e. Defense & Prosecution.
If Defense & Prosecution converge on one decision, how can COURT take any decision against it???
In this case, the GOI was acting as a Prosecutor, if they weren't having issues with granting a leave, than why will SC have any??
Governments do not have the judicial authority to decide who goes to jail and who doesn't. At least in theory. According to that same theory the Supreme/Constitutional Court is above the government so checks and balances are preserved.
If not, some party comes to power, declares constitutional changes to allow it's frontrunner to stay in office till death and noone has the legal authority to challenge it.
The court acts on the recomendation of the prosecutor, the prosecutor does not tell the court what to do.
In re to topic:
I went through the other thread, which was closed, the amount of apathy among Indians is shocking. To put it bluntly, what did you expect will happen in the end?
But not because India lacks diplomatic clout, but because those were soldiers on a mission, involved in an incident which so far noone has determined authoritatively where it happened and to top it all off, with testimonies that the boat driver allegedly steered the boat towards the ship which was signalling not to approach.
I would also tend to believe if anything will be proven, ie. misconduct by the Italians, their career is finished
(has a black mark already), and they will spend quite a bit of time in jail.
If nothing will be proven, at least families got compensation.