Former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is languishing in a Pakistani jail, has been given some leeway.
Pakistan’s parliament has finally passed a bill giving him the right to appeal, following a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
In 2017, Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani army court on charges of terrorism and espionage against former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan.
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The verdict was challenged in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by India. India stood its ground to prove that Pakistan abducted Jadhav from Iran and had taken forcefully statements from him by torturing him to prove that various videos in which Jadhav’s head had been bruised badly along with part of earlobes missing. After hearing the arguments of both countries, the ICJ ruled in favor of India in 2019.
The death sentence imposed on Jadhav should be reconsidered and reviewed. The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed a bill giving Indian prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to appeal against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling after months of evaluation.
In 2020, the Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan submitted an ordinance to the National Assembly in view of the ICJ verdict in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, despite protests by opposition parties. Accordingly, the ‘International Court of Justice Review and Reconsideration Ordinance 2020’ came into force on May 20 last year.
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