Noting the review could be done in various ways, ICJ left the “choice of means” to Pakistan. In April 2017, Pakistan announced that Jadhav had been given the death sentence by a military court. Hours after the ICJ verdict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “We welcome today’s verdict in the ICJ. ICJ noted that Pakistan had stated during arguments that its high courts were competent to carry out a review. “The execution has been stayed, the trial remains, but we don’t know if the review suggested by ICJ will be by a military court or a civil court.

Source: Hindustan Times July 17, 2019 18:22 UTC