NEW DELHI: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday began hearing Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav 's death sentence by Pakistan India presented its arguments on the case first, followed by Pakistan later in the day. Both sides will get 90 minutes each.India's representative at the ICJ hearing, Deepak Mittal, described the charges against Jadhav as "concocted" and his trial as "farcical. "He further argued that human rights treated as "basics" all over had been thrown to the wind by Pakistan and all requests for consular access to 46-year-old Jadhav had fallen on "deaf ears". "India has made innumerable requests since March 2016 for consular access. "Jadhav was framed on confessional statements extracted from him when he was in Pakistan's military custody.

Source: Times of India May 15, 2017 09:11 UTC