New Delhi (September 13, 2017): India on Wednesday will file a written submission in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the United Nations’ top court.
Jadhav was sentenced by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism. On June 8, Indian and Pakistani representatives met the International Court of Justice’s president, Ronny Abraham, to discuss a timeline for the case.
It was then decided that India would file its written submissions – or ‘memorials’ – on September 13, and that Pakistan would file a response by December 13. The submission will also explain the grounds for final relief.
New Delhi will highlight the denial of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. It will provide details about a passport he had, one he wouldn’t have been carrying if he were a spy, and point out how he was tried in a military court. It will continue to maintain that his death sentence should be suspended.
While Pakistan’s interior minister said that Islamabad was effectively pursuing Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case at the International Court of Justice as it was a proof of India’s intentions to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Jadhav, a 47-year-old former Indian naval officer, is on death row prisoner in Pakistan after the country’s military court found him guilty of espionage and terrorism.
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