The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will pronounce its judgment in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at 3 p.m. (6.30 p.m. IST) on Wednesday in the Peace Palace in the Netherlands. Also Read Kulbhushan Jadhav case: A timelineAccording to an ICJ statement, the President of the UN judicial organ Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf will deliver the judgment. Two-year processThe verdict will bring to a close India’s two-year long quest for a reprieve for Kulbhushan Jadhav, who, the government believes, was convicted falsely on charges of terrorism in Pakistan. Also Read Kulbhushan Jadhav ICJ hearing day 3 | As it happenedWhile Pakistani prosecutors maintain that Mr. Jadhav was a “spy” in Balochistan province, India has consistently held that he was working as a businessman in Iran, and was kidnapped by Pakistani agencies. In the petition, India had asked that the ICJ suspend Mr. Jadhav’s death sentence, restrain Pakistan from carrying out the military court's verdict, provide the government consular access to Mr. Jadhav, and annul the trial entirely.

Source: The Hindu July 16, 2019 19:28 UTC