ICJ Suspends Kulbhushan’s Death Sentence, Grants Consular Access

Mumbai: Another relief for India and Kulbhushan Jadhav as International Court of Justice (ICJ) has granted the right to consular access in the case .

It also slammed Pakistan for breaching obligations incumbent upon it under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

“Court finds that Pakistan deprived India of the right to communicate with and have access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, to visit him in detention and to arrange for his legal representation, and thereby breached obligations incumbent upon it under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” said ICJ in its verdict.

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The 48-year-old retired Indian naval officer was sentenced to death for alleged espionage by a Pakistani military court.

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