India wins over Pak in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered its judgment on Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case and it is in favour of India. The ICJ has asked Pakistan to review its death sentence to Kulbhushan.

President of ICJ Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said court finds that Pakistan deprived India of the right to communicate with Kulbhushan Jadhav which is the breach of Art 36(1) i.e. denial of consular access. A panel of 16 judges deliberated on Kulbhushan case. The Court ruled in favour of India by 15 votes to 1.

Kulbhushan Jadhav is a retired navy officer. He had business in Iran and Pakistan had arrested Jadhav in March, 2016. But Pakistan claimed that it detained Jadhav from Balochistan after he entered the country. A year later i.e, in 2017, Pakistan Military court has sentenced Jadhav to death penalty.