New Delhi: India’s rapid approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav death sentence given by Pakistan have forced ICJ to convey its warning to Pakistan beside putting stay on the execution of jailed Indian citizen.
“It is a carefully considered decision in the interests of a citizen facing threat to his life and for ensuring justice,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay said here on Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for spying.
On Tuesday, the ICJ suspended the death sentence on Jadhav, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said “I have spoken to the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav and told her about the order of President, ICJ under Art 74 Paragraph 4 of Rules of Court,” she tweeted.
She said that legal luminary Harish Salve was representing the country on the matter. India had moved the court on Monday seeking a set of reliefs including “by way of suspension of the sentence of death awarded to the accused”, and “restraining Pakistan from giving effect to the sentence awarded by the military court”.
Earlier Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer, was allegedly arrested in Balochistan in March 2016. Pakistan said Jadhav worked for the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). A military court sentenced him to death on April 10 on charges of espionage and waging war against Islamabad.
New Delhi had warned that if Jadhav was hanged, it would be considered “premeditated murder” by Islamabad.
