INDIAN APPROACHED TO THE ICJ IN KALBHUSHAN JADHAV CAS

 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold an open hearing on May 15 for the situation relating to the conviction of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, an official statement issued by the United Nation's legal body on Wednesday evening said. Not long ago, India moved the ICJ against Pakistan, blaming the last for disregarding the Vienna Convention on account of the Indian spy, who was given a capital punishment by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) a month ago.

The May 15 hearing will be directed in two stages with the ICJ hearing India's perceptions in the main stage and Pakistan's perceptions in the second, the ICJ's public statement said. The hearing, which will be directed at the Peace Palace in The Hague, will be gushed live, the announcement by the ICJ additionally noted. In an application documented in the ICJ on Monday, India expressed that Pakistan has over and over denied consular access to Jadhav.

India likewise charged that "it was not educated of Jadhav's detainment until long after his capture," and found out about capital punishment through the media. India asked for the ICJ to guarantee that Jadhav's capital punishment is suspended and proclaimed an infringement of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

Trying to limit Pakistan from "offering impact to the sentence," India requested that the ICJ coordinate Pakistan "to find a way to abrogate the choice of the military court". Addressing the media on Wednesday, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan is checking moving by India to approach the ICJ with respect to the Jadhav case.

Jadhav was captured on March 3, 2016, through a counter-insight operation in Balochistan's Mashkel territory for his contribution in undercover work and harm exercises against Pakistan. He was sentenced to death by the FGCM in April this year.