On Thursday, a court in Togo heard the sixth release application filed by the family of Sunil James.
The family has appealed to the court to release Sunil on humanitarian grounds to travel to Mumbai for his son's funeral.
The body of Vivaan has been preserved in the morgue of Cooper Hospital in Andheri (West).
Following Vivaan's death, there had been a flurry of communication from the Indian government, the company that owns the ship and crew management company that Sunil is contracted to.
In April, Sunil signed a four-month contract with UK-based shipping company Union Maritime and took charge of the vessel MT Ocean.
He is also registered with Mumbai-based crew management firm Accord Marine Management.
In July, his family said, the vessel was attacked by pirates off the west coast of Africa.
However, when Sunil decided to stop in Togo on July 31 and report the incident to the authorities, the ship's crew were themselves arrested.
While all other crew members were subsequently released, Sunil, the ship's master and third engineer remain imprisoned.
