# Legal Lighthouse

> Maritime Law firm, New Delhi / NCR


## Posts

- [When a seafarer dies at sea: how the family claims compensation, step by step](https://legallighthouse.co.in/seafarer-death-compensation-claim-family-guide/): A step-by-step guide for families: who must pay when a seafarer dies at sea, what documents to gather, what is owed beyond the lump sum, and what to do if payment is delayed.
- [Compensation is not accountability: criminal liability when a seafarer dies or is injured on board](https://legallighthouse.co.in/seafarer-death-injury-criminal-liability-india/): When a seafarer dies or is badly hurt on board, the family is told there is insurance. Money settles the debt, not the question of who is responsible. The gaps in the law, the remedies under the new criminal codes, and what families should do in the first days.
- [Before you sail: the documents to leave with your family, and the ones to photograph on board](https://legallighthouse.co.in/seafarer-document-checklist-before-you-sail/): When a seafarer is injured, unpaid or abandoned, families often have nothing to work with. A simple checklist of the documents to leave at home, and the certificates to photograph on board that show who owns, runs and insures the ship.
- [Who is your real employer? The shipping company web every seafarer should understand](https://legallighthouse.co.in/who-is-your-real-employer-seafarer-guide/): A ship can be owned by one company, managed by another, crewed through a third and recruited through an Indian agency signing "as agents". When a seafarer is hurt, unpaid or abandoned, finding the party that must answer is the first problem. A plain guide.
- [Cargo claim time bars in India: the one-year clock and how claims are lost](https://legallighthouse.co.in/cargo-claim-time-bars-in-india-the-one-year-clock-and-how-claims-are-lost/): The one-year time bar under the Hague-Visby Rules is the single most common reason cargo claims fail in India. A working note on the limitation regimes, when the clock starts, and how to protect time.
- [India as an arrest forum: what foreign claimants should know](https://legallighthouse.co.in/india-as-an-arrest-forum-what-foreign-claimants-should-know/): For a foreign shipowner, trader, bunker supplier, or P&I club holding an unpaid maritime claim, the practical question is rarely whether the claim is good.
- [Ship arrest in India: when can a vessel be detained?](https://legallighthouse.co.in/ship-arrest-in-india-when-can-a-vessel-be-detained/): Under the Admiralty Act, 2017, an Indian High Court can detain a ship in port to secure a maritime claim. The framework looks straightforward; in practice, timing and forum-shopping make all the difference.
- [P&I claims explained: how shipowners and charterers actually protect themselves](https://legallighthouse.co.in/p-and-i-claims-explained-how-shipowners-protect-themselves/): Hull and machinery insurance covers the ship. P&I cover starts where H&M stops: third-party liability, crew claims and cargo. How shipowners protect themselves.
- [Seafarer wage & contract disputes: recovery under MLC and Indian law](https://legallighthouse.co.in/seafarer-wage-and-contract-disputes-recovery-under-mlc-and-indian-law/): Indian seafarers serving on foreign-flag vessels have stronger legal protection than most realise. The Maritime Labour Convention and the Merchant Shipping Act together give wage-claim priority that survives the shipowner's insolvency.

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