The hustle and bustle of Indian and Pakistani media became felt in the International Court of Justice of The Hague, wherein the final hearing of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case is underway. The 4-day public hearing started with the Indian side turning in its arguments on Monday in opposition to the ‘farcical’ trial via Pakistan’s army court docket towards the Indian countrywide who was sentenced to death on the charge of ‘espionage’ and ‘terrorism.’ The case could be very crucial for each India and Pakistan. The ‘traces have been drawn’ when the Indian ambassador to the Netherlands, Venu Rajamony, and joint secretary in MEA, Deepak Mittal, did not greet the Attorney General of Pakistan with a handshake substitute, but greeted the delegation with a namaste.
This comes days after India suffered one of the deadliest terrorist assaults in Jammu and Kashmir at the hands of Pakistan-based terror organization Jaish-e-Mohammad on February 14. Sadly, 69-year-old ad hoc decision for Pakistan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Tassaduq Hussain Gillani, suffered a cardiac arrest at some point during the hearing and turned into rushed to the clinic. He was appointed as the sixteenth decide on the bench of the ICJ. Justice Dalveer Bhandari is representing India. India’s felony team was led by Harish Salve and Pakistan’s by Khawar Qureshi, a London-primarily based Queen’s Counsel.
Under Article 31 of the Statute of the Court, a nation’s birthday celebration that does not have a judge of its nationality on the bench may additionally choose a person to sit as a judge ad hoc throughout the hearing of a case, provided that the ICJ. India called the ICJ to declare the Pakistani military trial of Jadhav and the shortage of consular access, according to him, ‘unlawful’ and to direct his immediate release. An emphatic Harish Salve told the courtroom, “There is no way of doubt that Pakistan changed into the use of this as a propaganda device. Pakistan changed into bound to supply consular get entry to straight away.”
He stated the chain of events and stated that, regardless of 13 reminders, Pakistan failed to comply with the rules of the Vienna Convention. The important articles and provisions that Harish Salve stated were Article 36 of the Vienna Convention, Article 30 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Article 5, nine, and Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. “Article 36 of the Vienna Convention says that a rustic needs to be knowledgeable about the detention of its citizens; however, Pakistan did not tell India approximately its arrest. Without consular entry, India has no records on what took place to Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan,” he stated, adding, “Pakistan has proven no admiration for international laws and norms. Serious charges need strict adherence to due process. Inhuman detention is a violation of common rights.” India seeks a prime comfort at the Jadhav sentencing using Pakistan’s navy court and is now not merely a violation statement. Day Two will see Pakistan’s stand in the depend.