“The ICJ judgment clearly says that the review and reconsideration process would be carried out in Pakistani courts as per the laws of Pakistan,” Chaudhri said
Current Affairs:Pakistan said on Thursday that it was not legitimately conceivable to permit a legal counselor from India to speak to Indian detainee waiting for capital punishment Kulbhushan Jadhav in a court in this nation.
Pakistan Foreign Office representative Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri was asked at the week after week press instructions about India’s interest to designate a neighborhood advice to argue Jadhav’s case in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which declared that it would the case on September 3.
“The Indian side has been likewise setting unintelligible expectations of permitting an Indian attorney to speak to Commander Jadhav. We have over and again revealed to them just those attorneys can speak to Commander Jadhav in the court who have a permit to provide legal counsel in Pakistan. This is as per legitimate practice in different wards likewise,” he said.
The representative likewise said that the Indian Supreme Court, in one of its decisions, additionally decided that unfamiliar legal counselors can’t specialize in legal matters inside the nation.
Jadhav, the 50-year-old resigned Indian Navy official, was condemned to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “reconnaissance and psychological oppression” in April 2017. Weeks after the fact, India moved toward the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Pakistan for forswearing of consular admittance to Jadhav and testing capital punishment.
The Hague-based ICJ managed in July a year ago that Pakistan must embrace a “compelling survey and reexamination” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and furthermore to give consular admittance to India immediately.
“The ICJ judgment plainly says that the survey and reevaluation cycle would be completed in Pakistani courts according to the laws of Pakistan,” Chaudhri said.
He said following the ICJ’s decision, Pakistan educated Jadhav of his privileges; gave consular access; and put a stay on his execution.
Aditi Mehta 