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In a major diplomatic, moral and legal victory for India, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday asked Pakistan not to execute alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav till its final decision and keep the court informed of the steps being taken to implement the order.
“This court unanimously decides that Pakistan shall take all measures at its disposal so that Kulbhushan Jadhav is not executed pending a final decision of this court in the matter. It also unanimously decides that the court must be told of the measures Pakistan takes to implement this order,” ICJ President Ronny Abraham said in the operative portion of the order which he read out in the open court for nearly 30 minutes.
Officials of both the countries were present when the judge asked the registrar to communicate the order to both the parties.
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The court also found that there exists a lien between the rights India seeks to assert and the provisional measures the court can deploy.
Justice Abraham noted the Pakistan counsel’s argument that Jadhav would not be executed till August but there was no assurance that he would not be executed after that.
The court also noted that Jadhav should have been given consular access as sought by India.
The verdict came 10 days after India approached the UN's top court for “provisional measure” of protection, an interim relief, in the Jadhav case.
The death sentence to Jadhav was handed out by a Pakistani military court on 10 April on charges of espionage. The court claimed that Jadhav was an Indian intelligence agent and accused him of being a threat to Pakistan. He was caught in Balochistan in March 2016.
However, India has denied all claims, saying Jadhav is an “innocent Indian abducted by Pakistan”. India has maintained that he was abducted from Iran where he was involved in business and hanging him would be a “premeditated murder”.
India accused the neighbouring country of not providing consular access to the prisoner and for their denial of sharing the chargesheet in the case.
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