International Court of Justice to pronounce verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav case tomorrow

17 May,New Delhi

The International Court of Justice(ICJ) will pronounce its verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav case tomorrow.

According to government sources, the court will give its verdict at 3.30 PM. The ICJ heard the petition by India on Monday where both India and Pakistan presented their arguments.

During its submission, India had demanded the immediate suspension of Jadhav’s death sentence, expressing fears that Pakistan could execute him even before the hearing at the ICJ was over.

India had accused Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention and conducting a farcical trial for convicting Jadhav without a shred of evidence. India’s attorney Harish Salve told the International Court that the Indian national had been framed on the basis of confessional statements extracted from him when he was in Pakistan’s military custody.

46-year-old former Navy officer was arrested in March last year and sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and subversive activities.