The amended law will outline the procedure to seek redress in the civil courts against sentence by army courts, the report said. Army Act to implement the ICJ verdict regarding Jadhav were “incorrect.”“Various legal options for review and reconsideration of the case are being considered. Mr. Jadhav, 49, a retired Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” after a closed trial in April 2017. After much dilly-dallying, Pakistan on September 2 granted India consular access to Mr. Jadhav under the direction of the ICJ. Pakistan claims that its security forces arrested Mr. Jadhav from the restive Balochistan province on March 3, 2016 after he reportedly entered from Iran.

Source: The Hindu November 13, 2019 10:18 UTC