Hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case begins in ICJ

February 18, 2019 14:50

Indias oral arguments in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice, Hague, begins. The three-hour hearing will be split into two -- one and a half hour sessions -- preceded by the swearing in ceremony of Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jilani as an ad hoc judge in the case. This will take the total number of judges hearing the case to 16, including Indias Dalveer Bhandari.

Deepak Mittal, joint secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs is Indias Agent, heading the team, with Harish Salve as Counsel. The Pakistani delegation is led by the Attorney General, Anwar Mansoor Khan, with Khawar Qureshi as counsel.

India is likely to ask the top UN court to direct Pakistan to revoke the death sentence awarded to Jadhav on allegations of espionage.

Coming soon after a terror incident in South Kashmir's Pulwama, where at least 40 security personnel lost their lives in a suicide attack apparently by Pakistan-based outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, the hearing on Jadhav case could stoke fresh tension between the two countries.

Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar refused to make any comment on the ICJ hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case but hinted that Indian side is prepared for the legal battle.

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