New Delhi: Pakistan has confirmed that steps are now underway to grant Kulbhushan Jadhav consular access in compliance with the verdict in his case heard at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in April 2017 following which India had moved the ICJ.
The court ordered Pakistan to undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and asked it to grant consular access to him without further delay. The court had found that Pakistan had breached the obligations incumbent upon it under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by depriving India of the “right to communicate with and have access” to Jadhav and to “visit him in detention and to arrange for his legal representation.”
The verdict was hailed as a big victory for India. However, the court had rejected some remedies sought by India, including annulment of the military court's decision convicting Jadhav, his release and safe passage to India.
Pakistan came forth later to claim that it had already planned to allow consular access.
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