Comply with ICJ verdict in Jadhav case, Pakistan told

New Delhi, June 17

India has expressed dissatisfaction with the Bill passed by Pakistan providing the right to appeal to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav and called upon it to correct the infirmities as they amount to municipal courts sitting in appeal over the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“The Bill codifies into law the earlier ordinance —- with all its shortcomings. It does not create a machinery to facilitate effective review and reconsideration of Jadhav’s case, as mandated by the ICJ,” said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi at a media briefing here on Thursday.

“We call upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address the shortcomings in the Bill and comply with the judgment of the ICJ in letter and spirit,” said the MEA spokesperson. The ICJ had ruled that Pakistan was in breach of its international obligations because of the failure to provide consular access to Jadhav. — TNS