The verdict will be announced at 3.30 pm Indian time, three days after the United Nations’ highest court in the Hague heard arguments by India and Pakistan. In April, a military court sentenced him to death for alleged involvement in spying and subversive activities. India has contended he was kidnapped from the Iranian port of Chabahar and his secret trial was a “farce”. Pakistan, which argued that the ICJ did not have jurisdiction in Jadhav’s case, asked the court “to reject India’s request for the indication of provisional measures”, or a stay of the execution. During the hearing, India’s lead attorney, former solicitor general Harish Salve said the country feared Jadhav could be executed even as his case was being heard by the ICJ.

Source: Hindustan Times May 17, 2017 12:30 UTC