SupremeCourt seeks status report from the Union on the plea by wife of Merchant Navy Captain Ashish Kumar, who was feared to have died in a missile/drone attack on the merchant vessel M.T. Skylight in the Strait of Hormuz on March 1, 2026

The wife approached the Supreme Court claiming that Captain Ashish Kumar is alive and is held in illegal captivity by foreign actors

CJI to SG Tushar Mehta: You take cognizance and find out from your authority

J Bagchi: DNA report is negative

SG: There is a hope

CJI: Ransom calls to the wife...that shows he is alive. Mobile has also been misused.