India’s request to delay Jadhav’s case proceedings rejected by ICJ
India’s request for six-month time to submit response in Jadhav’s case has been rejected b the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the court has issued orders to submit it by September 13 instead.
Attorney General (AG) Ashtar Ausaf Ali has said that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has not accepted India’s request on delaying the proceedings of Jadhav’s case for six months and furthermore has ordered India to submit their reply after 2 months.
The AG said the court had informed the Pakistani consulate through its registrar office in Netherland of the development.
The AG added that “The ICJ has written a letter to Pakistan informing us of their decision.”
The AG added that India had asked the ICJ to offer them time till December to file pleadings in the Jadhav case, however, “the court has dismissed their request. India had adopted the stance that the matter was one of life and death, but Pakistan had stated that the ICJ is not a court of appeals.”
The attorney general further pointed out that the world tribunal was supposed to decide on giving the convicted spy consular access. “The ICJ is supposed to conclude whether or not Jadhav can receive consular access, for which a time period of two to three months is more than enough to file a response.”
Sources privy to the information have noted that Pakistan will submit its response to the ICJ in December, while the court proceedings will begin in January 2018.
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