Monitoring Desk
HAGUE: India will likely to submit its reply to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on Tuesday (today).
Earlier the ICJ on January 23 had directed India to submit its reply today and the court also instructed Pakistan to submit its rejoinder in the case by July 17.
On September 13 last year, India had submitted its pleadings to the ICJ on September 13, however Pakistan rejected the Indian stance in its counter-pleadings, which were submitted on December 13.
Pakistan had told ICJ that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.
The reply also stated that Jadhav, who was a serving officer of the Indian Navy, does not fall under the purview of the Vienna Convention.
Commander Jadhav, an on-duty Indian navy officer working for Indian covert agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was arrested on March 3, 2016, from Balochistan, after he entered into Pakistan from Iran.
Jadhav was tried in a military court which sentenced him to death for espionage and subversive activities.
