The International Court of Justice has held that Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention by not providing Kulbhushan Jadhav consular access during his trial.
From issuing 'veiled threat' to India's lawyer to use of intemperate language, Pakistan has tried several ways to build case against India in Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing.
Ex-solicitor general Harish Salve representing India at ICJ in the 4-day trial said that Jadhav's purported confession clearly appeared to be 'coerced'.
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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
I entirely agree with the views expressed hereinabove. ICG has insisted that the verdict of the Pakistani Military court needs to be effectively reviewed and reconsidered, since the verdict is flawed as it has not followed the due process laid down in the Vienna Convention. The fundamental issue to be considered here is whether the Pakistan’s judicial system has the independence and authority to effectively review and reconsider decisions of its Military courts. No, said Pakistan’s Supreme Court in its judgment in 2016 in Said Zaman Khan et al. v. Federation of Pakistan . Pakistan’s Apex court contends that the remit of judicial review in Pakistan is narrow, because convictions by the military courts “can only be assailed on the ground of ‘Coram non judice’, absence of jurisdiction, mala fide and malice in law”.
Pakistan argued before the ICJ quoting a judgment rendered by the Peshawar High Court in 2018 , which appears to have taken “a broader view” and set aside more than 70 convictions and sentences handed down by military courts. The funniest part, though, is that the Government of Pakistan has filed an appeal against that judgment and that the Supreme Court has suspended the operation of the judgment pending the appeal. Thus Pakistan is quoting a judicial verdict in its own defence, which ironically, it didn’t agree with and has filed an appeal against it. This fully exposes Pakistan’s duplicity.
ICJ has limited powers and cannot directly intervene in the internal judicial processes of its member country. However, ICJ has understood the inconsistencies of the fragile judicial system of Pakistan and has directed that “Pakistan shall take all measures to provide for effective review and reconsideration, including, if necessary, by enacting appropriate legislation.” This means that Pakistan doesn’t have adequate legislations to ensure fair trials in its Military Courts. This is nothing but a hard slap on the face of Pakistan’s duplicity and pretensions. However, in all likelihood, Imran Khan may be compelled to address to his domestic constituencies and will not implement the ICJ’s verdict. Nor can he dare to hang Jadhav. So, status quo may continue.
I entirely agree with the views expressed hereinabove. ICG has insisted that the verdict of the Pakistani Military court needs to be effectively reviewed and reconsidered, since the verdict is flawed as it has not followed the due process laid down in the Vienna Convention. The fundamental issue to be considered here is whether the Pakistan’s judicial system has the independence and authority to effectively review and reconsider decisions of its Military courts. No, said Pakistan’s Supreme Court in its judgment in 2016 in Said Zaman Khan et al. v. Federation of Pakistan . Pakistan’s Apex court contends that the remit of judicial review in Pakistan is narrow, because convictions by the military courts “can only be assailed on the ground of ‘Coram non judice’, absence of jurisdiction, mala fide and malice in law”.
Pakistan argued before the ICJ quoting a judgment rendered by the Peshawar High Court in 2018 , which appears to have taken “a broader view” and set aside more than 70 convictions and sentences handed down by military courts. The funniest part, though, is that the Government of Pakistan has filed an appeal against that judgment and that the Supreme Court has suspended the operation of the judgment pending the appeal. Thus Pakistan is quoting a judicial verdict in its own defence, which ironically, it didn’t agree with and has filed an appeal against it. This fully exposes Pakistan’s duplicity.
ICJ has limited powers and cannot directly intervene in the internal judicial processes of its member country. However, ICJ has understood the inconsistencies of the fragile judicial system of Pakistan and has directed that “Pakistan shall take all measures to provide for effective review and reconsideration, including, if necessary, by enacting appropriate legislation.” This means that Pakistan doesn’t have adequate legislations to ensure fair trials in its Military Courts. This is nothing but a hard slap on the face of Pakistan’s duplicity and pretensions. However, in all likelihood, Imran Khan may be compelled to address to his domestic constituencies and will not implement the ICJ’s verdict. Nor can he dare to hang Jadhav. So, status quo may continue.