India ‘misrepresenting’ ICJ verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pakistan

Pakistan on Saturday accused India of “misrepresenting” the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) within the Kulbhushan Jadhav case and asserted that it is able to fulfil all obligations underneath the worldwide regulation.
India on Thursday requested Pakistan to handle the “shortcomings” in a invoice introduced out to facilitate reviewing the case of Jadhav, saying the proposed regulation doesn’t create a mechanism to rethink it as mandated by the ICJ.
Spokesperson within the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi in New Delhi mentioned the Review and Reconsideration Bill 2020 doesn’t create a mechanism to facilitate efficient assessment and reconsideration of Jadhav’s case as mandated by the ICJ judgement. He added that municipal courts can’t be the arbiter of whether or not a state has fulfilled its obligations in worldwide regulation.

Jadhav, a 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to dying by a Pakistani navy court docket on fees of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.
The Hague-based ICJ dominated in July 2019 that Pakistan should undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and likewise to grant consular entry to India with out additional delay.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday mentioned Islamabad abides by all its worldwide obligations, and this is applicable to the ICJ judgment within the case of Jadhav.

“It is regrettable that the Government of India has chosen to misrepresent the ICJ judgment which clearly states in Paragraph 147 that Pakistan is underneath an obligation to supply, by way of its personal selecting, efficient assessment and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav, the FO mentioned.
In line with paragraph 146 of the ICJ judgment, Pakistan selected to supply Jadhav the appropriate of assessment and reconsideration by superior courts of Pakistan by way of the ICJ (Review and Re-consideration) Ordinance, 2020, it mentioned.
Pakistan’s dedication to uphold the ICJ judgment was once more mirrored by the passage of the ICJ (Review and Reconsideration) Bill for Review from the National Assembly of Pakistan, it mentioned.
The FO mentioned that ICJ judgment in para 118 additionally requires India to behave in good religion, and prepare authorized illustration for Jadhav.
Regrettably, India has been participating in a deliberate marketing campaign to obfuscate the difficulty of appointment of a lawyer, it alleged, including that Pakistan needed to provoke proceedings earlier than the Islamabad High Court to request the Court to nominate a lawyer for Jadhav.
It mentioned the court docket repeatedly invited India to make clear its place and appoint a lawyer however “it continues to deliberately politicise the issue.”

After India approached ICJ, it dominated in July 2019 that Pakistan should undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and likewise to grant consular entry to India with out additional delay.
On Tuesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned the listening to of the federal government’s plea to nominate counsel for Jadhav until October 5 on the request of the Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan.