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Pakistan Army has agreed to amend its Army Act to allow Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file an appeal in a civilian court. (Photo: File)

Pak allows Jadhav to file appeal in civilian court, to amend Army Act

Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of 'espionage and terrorism' in 2017.

13 Nov 2019 1:44 PM

Jadhav is a retired Indian Navy officer who was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of 'espionage and terrorism' after a closed trial in April 2017. (Photo: File)

Pakistan violated Vienna convention in Kulbhushan Jadhav case: ICJ Prez to UNGA

In a major victory for India, the ICJ had ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav.

31 Oct 2019 1:52 PM

‘Whether Pakistanis carried out in letter and spirit what International Court of Justice wanted them to do, I think the answer is obvious to all of you but nevertheless there was the well-being factor in our mind,’ he said. (Photo: ANI)

Ascertaining well-being of Kulbushan Jadhav was priority: External Affairs Minister

Jaishankar said that India considered various factors after Pakistan was unwilling to provide unhindered, effective access to Jadhav.

17 Sep 2019 7:42 PM

The lawyer said that Pakistan can approach the ICJ under the Genocide Convention of 1948 to which both the south Asian nations are signatories. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan lacks evidence to prove 'genocide' in Kashmir, says its ICJ lawyer

Qureshi's statement comes at a time when Pakistan is blatantly threatening to approach the ICJ against India over Kashmir.

03 Sep 2019 7:01 PM

Jadhav, a former naval officer who has been sentenced to death by Pakistani court for alleged 'espionage and terrorism'. (Photo: File)

'Kulbhushan Jadhav under pressure to parrot Pak's narrative,' says MEA

Pakistan on Sunday said it would provide consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav 'in line with Vienna Convention'.

02 Sep 2019 8:25 AM

Akbaruddin said, 'Every country is entitled to use every course available to them. We have different approaches too.' (Photo: File)

'Will fight Pakistan in any arena of their choice,' says Syed Akbaruddin

Akbaruddin's statement came after Pakistan announced its decision to approach ICJ against India’s decision to scrap Article 370.

21 Aug 2019 12:07 PM

In January 2019, Faesal resigned from the civil services to join politics. (Photo: File)

Shah Faesal was detained when headed for ICJ against Article 370: report

Putting a full stop to his plan, the former bureaucrat was taken at the Sheri Kashmir International Convention Centre at Srinagar.

17 Aug 2019 3:30 PM

Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017. (Photo: File)

Pakistan silent on granting consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

There were reports that Pakistan had put some conditions to grant consular access to Jadhav.

03 Aug 2019 8:55 AM

Union Minister Giriraj Singh took a witty jibe at Pakistan for claiming 'big win' in Kulbhushan Jadhav case. (Photo: File)

Not your fault, verdict in English: Giriraj Singh mocks Pak for Jadhav’s case tweet

Apart from Singh, Twitterati also took an opportunity to come up with multiple replies to Pakistan government's tweet in their wittiest way.

18 Jul 2019 10:44 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has welcomed the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to continue its stay on the execution of the Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav held in a Pakistani jail on allegations of spying. (Photo: File)

ICJ's verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav brings relief, renews hope: Rahul

Apart from Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi, Ahmed Patel and Randeep Surjewala too hailed ICJ's verdict.

18 Jul 2019 8:36 AM

Some Muslims clerics, however, hailed the court's directive as a measure of promoting communal harmony. (Photo: ANI)

After furore, court drops Quran copy distribution condition for bail to Ranchi woman

The woman had denied doing anything wrong and expressed her dissatisfaction over the court's directive.

17 Jul 2019 9:21 PM

In April 2017, Jadhav was sentenced to death after a secret trial by a military court. (Photo: File)

UN court to pronounce verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav case today

The ICJ President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf will read the court’s decision in a sitting at 3 pm on Wednesday.

17 Jul 2019 9:33 AM

Pakistan, which is presenting its case today, asked the judge to adjourn the case. (Photo:AP)

Pakistan's request to adjourn Kulbhushan Jadhav case refused by ICJ

The 4-day hearing in the Jadhav case opened at the ICJ headquarters in The Hague amidst heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.

19 Feb 2019 3:58 PM

Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by the military court in April 2017. Pakistan claim that its security forces arrested Jadhav from its Balochistan province on March 3, 2016 after he reportedly entered from Iran. (Photo: File)

After death sentence, Jadhav faces terrorism charges in Pak

Jadhav has multiple cases against him in which he had been indicted on terror and sabotage related charges.

06 Feb 2018 12:37 PM

An agitated protestor said, 'When they stole the chappal of a woman (Jadhav's wife) who was in distress, I hope they can use these also.' (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Jadhav row: Indians in US carry out 'chappal chor Pakistan' protest

The protestors also donated used shoes to the embassy saying that 'protest is in solidarity with Jadhav's family.'

08 Jan 2018 10:38 AM

Congress leader Manish Tewari (Photo: File)

Does govt have determination to bring Jadhav back to India?

Jadhav on Monday met his wife and mother at the heavily guarded foreign affairs ministry building in Islamabad.

26 Dec 2017 1:46 AM

Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April, following which India moved the ICJ in May. (Photo: File)

Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife, mother to visit Islamabad on Dec 25: Pak’s foreign office

Wife and mother of Kulbhushan Jhadav will arrive by a commercial flight on December 25 and leave the same day.

24 Dec 2017 7:40 AM

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of 'espionage'. (Photo: PTI)

Pak finally issues visa to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother

Pakistan has appointed Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, a former chief justice of Pakistan, to be its judge ad-hoc in the Jadhav case in the ICJ.

21 Dec 2017 5:54 AM

Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in Pakistan's Balochistan Province over charges of alleged involvement in espionage and subversive activities for India's intelligence agency - the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). (Photo: File)

Visa applications of Jadhav's mother, wife being processed: Pak

The Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan will also be allowed to accompany Jadhav's family during the meeting.

17 Dec 2017 10:35 AM

Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities. (Photo: File)

India wants access to information collected by 'spy': Pak on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Pakistan rejected India's plea for consular access claiming that India wants the access to get the information gathered by its 'spy'.

13 Dec 2017 9:13 PM

Jadhav has been in a Pakistani prison since March 2016 after security forces there arrested him on charges of spying. (Photo: PTI | File)

Pak allows mother, wife to meet Kulbhushan Jadhav on Dec 25

An official from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad would escort the mother-wife duo when they meet Jadhav on December 25.

08 Dec 2017 1:48 PM

Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism. The ICJ in May halted his execution on India’s appeal. (Photo: PTI File)

Guarantee safety of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family during visit: India to Pak

Last week, Pakistan said it is also 'considering' India’s request to let Jadhav’s mother meet him, apart from his wife.

23 Nov 2017 7:18 PM

After 11 rounds of voting, judge Christopher Greenwood from Britain withdrew from the race, leaving India's nominee Dalveer Bhandari (left) to be re-elected for a nine-year term. (Photo: AP)

US congratulates Dalveer Bhandari for renomination to ICJ, asserts no change in UNSC veto

India's Dalveer Bhandari was re-elected to the International Court of Justice with more than two-thirds of the UN members backing him.

22 Nov 2017 11:54 AM

To win ICJ election a candidate needs to get majority in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, which has not been the case in the 11 rounds of voting so far. (Photo: AP/File)

As India stands deadlocked at ICJ elections, UK resorts to ‘dirty politics’

Britain is aggressively pushing for resorting to the joint conference mechanism which was last used some 96 years ago.

19 Nov 2017 5:22 PM

In the successive rounds of elections spread over two days in the last two weeks, Mr Bhandari, 70, enjoyed nearly two-third majority in the 193-member Assembly. (Photo: Youtube Grab)

UNGA holds consultations as India, UK reach impasse over last ICJ seat

India's nominee Dalveer Bhandari and Britain's Christopher Greenwood are seeking re-election at the Hague-based ICJ.

18 Nov 2017 1:16 PM

Kulbushan Jadhav was convicted in Pakistan on terror charges. (Photo: AP/File)

Pak allows Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet wife on ‘humanitarian grounds’

Pakistan has been refusing consular access to the convict and has also conveyed its decision to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

10 Nov 2017 8:02 PM

Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in March 2016 in the restive Balochistan province and was accused of being a RAW agent. (Photo: Screengrab)

Jadhav case: In response to India’s memorial, Pak prepares to file plea in ICJ

On Thursday, the Pakistan Army said it is close to a decision on the mercy petition of Jadhav.

07 Oct 2017 2:19 PM

Pak has begun consultations over the nomination of an ad-hoc judge for the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. (Photo: File)

Pak begins process to select ad-hoc judge in Kubhushan Jadhav case

India had moved the Hague-based International Court of Justice against Mr Jadhav's death penalty handed down by a Pakistani military court.

15 Aug 2017 5:41 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the ICJ registrar at Peace Palace in The Hague that Ausaf would be the 'agent' for Pakistan in the case. (Photo: videograb)

Pak Attorney General to represent country in Kulbhushan Jadhav case at ICJ

This also means that all future exchanges between Pakistan and the ICJ will be made through the Attorney General's office.

06 Jul 2017 1:35 PM

The ICTJ has since ordered Pakistan to stay the execution until the UN court passes final judgement in the case. (Photo: Videograb)

India slams Pak over 'confessional video' of Jadhav

Baglay said Pakistan has not even disclosed to the ICJ Jadhav's purported appeal to a military tribunal in Pakistan.

23 Jun 2017 12:39 AM

Kulbhushan Jadhav confesses to espionage, seeks clemency from Pak army

However, India has maintained Kulbhushan Jadhav is not a spy. It alleged that he was kidnapped by Pakistan and filed a case in the ICJ.

22 Jun 2017 8:18 PM

India filed Bhandari's re-nomination on Monday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here, well ahead of the July 3 deadline. (Photo: Twitter/President of India)

India re-nominates judge for another term at ICJ

Before joining the ICJ, Bhandari was a judge in the higher judiciary in India for more than 20 years.

20 Jun 2017 12:18 PM

Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Jadhav from its restive Balochistan province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from Iran. (Photo: AP)

Pak claims ICJ rejected India's request to delay Jadhav's case

In a hearing of the case on May 18, a 10-member bench at the The Hague-based ICJ restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav.

16 Jun 2017 12:50 PM

Govt to repatriate 11 Pak prisoners today via Attari-Wagah border

The move shows that India attaches huge importance to human rights even when tensions with Pak are rising due to frequent attacks along LoC.

12 Jun 2017 1:43 PM

Pak to propose names of 3 ad-hoc judges to ICJ in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

India had approached the world court in May seeking provisional stay to execution of Jadhav which was granted.

08 Jun 2017 6:12 PM

Further procedure will be discussed by the ICJ president with both the parties, sources said. (Photo: Screengrab)

ICJ Prez to discuss procedure in Jadhav case with India, Pak today

According to sources, India will be represented by its ‘agent’ who appeared during the last public hearing on May 18.

08 Jun 2017 9:54 AM

The letter further urges the UN and ICJ to take these facts consideration to reach a just and conclusive intellectual decision among the nations combating each other. (Photo: AP)

Kulbhushan plan was hatched to sabotage India: Pak separatist party to ICJ

The letter said that the Jadhav case was aimed to stop Chabahar Project as it affects the success of Gwadar project and CPEC.

04 Jun 2017 9:35 AM

Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria (Photo: AFP/File)

Jadhav to live until he exhausts right to request for clemency: Pak

Zakaria claimed the ‘propaganda’ that Pak govt did not counter the Indian argument related to the '08 consular access agreement was a lie.

01 Jun 2017 6:25 PM

The ICJ on May 18 stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav. (Photo: AP)

Jadhav can never be released or acquitted by ICJ: Pakistan lawyer

Khawar Qureshi said that India has ‘wrongly claimed victory’ after the Hague-based court ‘temporarily’ stayed Jadhav’s execution.

29 May 2017 6:23 PM

The ICJ had on May 18 stayed the execution of 46-year-old Jadhav, who was sentenced to death last month by a Pakistan military court that convicted him of alleged spying and subversive activities. (Photo: Videograb)

Ex-ISI official reveals Jadhav captured from Iran, negates Pak claim

The ex-ISI official’s acknowledgement could be used by India as a strong argument at the next hearing at the ICJ.

24 May 2017 6:52 PM

Jadhav, the 46-year-old former naval officer, has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and subversive activities. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan presses ICJ for early hearing of Kulbhushan Jadhav case

The Foreign Office has sent a letter to ICJ's registrar, expressing Pak's desire for a quick hearing, The Express Tribune reported.

23 May 2017 10:50 AM

Pakistan Speaker says Army to contest ‘spy’ case in ICJ

The Speaker said that it is time to be united instead of doing politics on the issue of a terrorist.

22 May 2017 1:23 AM

How Pak laid Jadhav ‘trap’ in a bid to corner India

India and Pakistan fighting each other on the international stage seemed like a mostly harmless exercise.

22 May 2017 12:47 AM

Pakistani parliament speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. (Photo: AFP)

Govt, army will fight Jadhav case in ICJ against India: Pak NA speaker

Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism.

21 May 2017 7:03 PM

Pakistan PM's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz (Photo: AP/File)

ICJ has given no order on 'consular access' for Jadhav: Sartaj Aziz

The ICJ has only asked Pakistan to keep a stay on Jadhav's execution until it arrives at a decision, Aziz said.

20 May 2017 6:11 PM

BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao. (Photo: Twitter)

UPA hired Pak's ICJ lawyer to represent India in 2004: BJP

BJP accused the Congress of being Pakistan’s voice on a host of issues.

20 May 2017 6:01 PM

Basic human rights of Jadhav violated: Indian judge on ICJ bench

Pak violated Jadhav's basic human rights by not allowing India consular access to him, the Indian judge on the ICJ bench said.

19 May 2017 8:31 PM

The ICJ had on Thursday stayed the execution of 46-year-old Jadhav, who was sentenced to death last month by a Pakistan military court that convicted him of alleged spying and subversive activities. (Photo: AP)

No information from Pakistan on Jadhav's condition: India

The retired Indian Navy officer has been in Pakistan's custody for more than a year.

19 May 2017 7:49 PM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who piloted the strategy, and Harish Salve, who effectively argued the matter deserve special mention, Jaitley said. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Jadhav case: ICJ order great vindication of India's stand, says Arun Jaitley

There is a sense of relief and also happiness in India that the ICJ has ruled in India's favour, Jaitley said.

18 May 2017 8:51 PM

File photo of senior advocate Harish Salve (C) at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Salve is representing India in the Jadhav case.

India's case on Jadhav emboldened by ICJ order: Harish Salve

Salve, who took up the case 'pro bono' (free of charge), said India had 'a lot at stake' in it.

18 May 2017 8:37 PM

The Prime Minister's reaction came after the 11-judge bench of the ICJ unanimously stayed execution of Jadhav. (Photo: PTI)

Modi expresses satisfaction at ICJ ruling on Jadhav, thanks Sushma Swaraj

Modi spoke to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to thank her and appreciated the efforts of advocate Harish Salve.

18 May 2017 6:15 PM

Jadhav case: Do not accept ICJ's jurisdiction in national security matter, says Pak

India has been 'trying to hide its real face' by taking the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav to ICJ, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson said.

18 May 2017 5:58 PM

Tomorrow, the ICJ, is holding a public hearing at The Hague in Netherlands where the two countries will be asked to present their case over the contentious Jadhav issue. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Battleground Hague: After 18 years, India, Pak face-off at ICJ tomorrow

A Pakistani military court awarded death sentence to Jadhav last month for alleged espionage and subversive activities.

14 May 2017 3:47 PM

The announcement was made by ICJ on Wednesday night, a day after it stayed Jadhav's execution following India's initiation of proceedings against Pakistan. (Photo: PTI)

Public hearings in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on May 15: ICJ

The hearings will be devoted to the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by India, says ICJ.

11 May 2017 9:00 AM

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