Kulbhushan Jadhav trial: India submits written plea to ICJ as case resumes
Jadhav was arrested by Pakistan for alleged espionage and was given the death sentence without a trial
India on Wednesday submitted written pleadings to the International Court of Justice in the case involving Kulbhushan Jadhav.
“India has written pleadings to ICJ in Jadhav case involving egregious violation of Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by Pakistan. This is in furtherance of our Application filed before Court on 8 May,” the MEA said in a statement after submitting its plea before the ICJ.
India had approached the world court demanding immediate suspension of the death sentence given to its former Navy officer by a Pakistan military court.
India, whose request for consular access to Jadhav was turned down several times, had approached the ICJ on May 8, accusing Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention and conducting a "farcical trial" for convicting Jadhav without a "shred of evidence" following which the court had stayed his execution.
On its part, Pakistan told the ICJ that Vienna Convention provisions on consular access were not intended for a "spy" involved in terror activities and charged India with using the world body as a stage for "political theatre" in the Jadhav case.
Jadhav was sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan earlier this year on charges of being an Indian spy.