NEW DELHI: India on Thursday called upon Pakistan to consider the required measures to deal with the shortcomings within an recently-passed invoice which lets Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to appeal against his conviction.
Spokesperson at the ministry of external affairs (MEA) Arindam Bagchi stated the bill includes a provision for encouraging that the municipal court to determine whether any prejudice was caused to Jadhav due to their failure to give consular access in accord with an verdict on the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
He said that the civil court cannot possibly be the arbiter of whether the country has fulfilled its duty under international law.
Bagchi also called upon Pakistan to comply with the ICJ’s ruling from the Jadhav case.
Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, has been sentenced to death with an undercover military court on charges of espionage and terrorism from April 2017.
India approached the International Court of Justice from Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and demanding the death sentence.
Even the Hague-based ICJ ruled in July 2019 which Pakistan must tackle an”effective review and reconsideration” of their conviction and sentence of both Jadhav and to give entry access to India without farther delay.
The Pakistan authorities last week hurried during the National Assembly a statement to offer the best of appeal for Jadhav, amid ruckus and also boycott from the opposition.
The bill is directed at permitting Jadhav to get consular access in accordance with the ICJ conclusion.
Reacting to the evolution, senior attorney general Mukul Rohatgi had stated the judicial process in Pakistan isn’t reliable and the sole method Jadhav will get relief would be if his plea is observed at a neutral state with a great judicial system.
Meanwhile, on Tuesdaythe Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned the hearing from this government’s request to make counsel for Jadhav until October 5 at the petition of the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan, The Express Tribune reported.
The court issued notice to the counselor of the Indian High Commission to appear before the court on the next date of hearing.
In the previous hearing of this event on May 7an IHC bigger chair — containing Justice Athar Minallah,” Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb — gave India a different opportunity to create a counselor for Jadhav from June 15.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)