ICJ to deliver its verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case on 17th July

The International Court of Justice to deliver its verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case on 17th July; Jadhav remains on death row in Pakistan; India says that verdict by Pakistani military court was based on a “farcical case”.

The Hague-based International Court of Justice on Thursday said it will deliver on July 17 its verdict in the case relating to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan.

Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India approached the ICJ in May 2017 against Pakistan for denying consular access to Jadhav.

India had also challenged the “farcical trial” by the military court of Pakistan against 48-year-old Jadhav. The ICJ on May 18, 2017 had restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case.