International Court of Justice to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from today
News | February 18, 2019 8:58 ISTInternational Court of Justice to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from today
International Court of Justice to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from today
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.
Amidst fresh Indo-Pak tensions, top legal eagles of the two countries will present their arguments in the high-profile Kulbhushan Jadhav case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) here from Monday during four days of public hearings.
Pakistan’s petition will be in response to pleadings filed by India on April 17, in the Hague-based International Court of Justice.
The second round of written reply by India in the case was in response to the submissions by Pakistan in the ICJ on December 13 last year, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)said.
Pakistan’s confirmation for the meeting comes amid media reports suggesting that India was yet to provide details about the arrival of Jadhav’s relatives in Pakistan.
Bhandari received all 15 votes in the UN Security Council and 183 of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly.
In his over four-decade-long career as a jurist, Dalveer Bhandari has served in various capacities as a lawyer and a judge in high courts as well as the Supreme Court.
"If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead," Britain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Matthew Rycroft, said in a statement.
Bhandari received 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council after separate and simultaneous elections were held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
"Today it is Britain, tomorrow it could be any one of us" is the argument which has brought Britain, the US, Russia, France and China together.
Pakistan has decided to recommend nominate Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as an ad-hoc judge to the ICJ to hear the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.
On May 8, India moved the ICJ for instituting proceedings against Pakistan for violations of the Vienna Convention in Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
“India had asked the ICJ to offer it time till December to file pleadings in the Jadhav case, however, “the court has dismissed their request,” Pakistani Attorney General (AG) Ashtar Ausaf Ali said.
"The purpose of the meeting was only to discuss procedural matters, including the time-lines for submission of written memorials and to enable a hearing to be listed."
Pakistan would appoint its ad hoc judge for the upcoming hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the ICJ and Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali would himself lead Pakistan's team at the UN court.
Pakistani lawyers came under widespread criticism after the ICJ told Islamabad not to hang Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death on charges of spying and fuelling terrorism in Balochistan.
The official, who has been identified as retired Lieutenant General Shoaib, made this sensational revelation during a program on a TV channel Aawaz Today.
Talking to a private TV channel, Britain-based lawyer Khawar Qureshi said India did not win the case and the "ICJ will never acquit Jadhav", The Nation daily reported.
Aziz noted that the ICJ ‘didn't order on consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav’ who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April this year on charges of espionage.
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