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| Kulbhushan Jadhav Was Denied Right To Appeal, Pakistan's Defence Ministry Tells Supreme Court | | | |  NEW DELHI APRIL 17:-
Kulbhushan Jadhav was not allowed the right to appeal in light of a 2019 International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict as the international court had only addressed the issue of consular access in that case, Pakistan’s Supreme Court was told by the country’s Defence Ministry.
The case was mentioned in Pakistan’s top court as it was said that the right to appeal was not provided to Kulbhushan Jadhav but the same facility was not being extended to Pakistani citizens who had been convicted by the military courts for their involvement in the May 9, 2023 violence.
Representing the ministry, lawyer Khawaja Haris Ahmed said that the International Court of Justice had not directed Pakistan to provide a right of appeal but rather emphasized facilitating diplomatic access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Dawn reported.
In 2017, Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. In 2019 the International Court of Justice said Pakistan was under an obligation to provide effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav. At the time, ICJ had ruled that Pakistan was in breach of its international obligations because of the failure to provide consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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