ICJ fixes time-limits for India, Pak in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

January 23, 2018 21:15

The International Court of Justice has fixed April 17 and July 17 as time-limits for India and Pakistan respectively for the filing of the written pleadings by them in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.

Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April, following which India moved The Hague-based ICJ in May.

A 10-member bench of the ICJ on May 18 restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case.

According to a statement issued by the principal judicial organ of the UN, the ICJ authorised the submission of a reply by India and of a rejoinder by Pakistan in the Jadhav case.

"The Court fixed April 17 2018 and July 17 2018 as the respective time-limits for the filing of these written pleadings," said the statement issued last week.

-- PTI

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