The International Court of Justice has stalled the execution of
Kulbhushan Jadhav and has ordered Pakistan to wait until the allegations
are proven. Former Solicitor Harish Salve while talking to leading news
daily said that India had two plans for Kulbhushan; Plan A & Plan
B. The plan A is a request for outright release what Harish quotes as
"evolving jurisprudence" and under the Plan B, India would take a rather
longer route which involves approaching Pakistani Courts.
"The
international court is not a court of appeal where we show his
innocence," Mr. Salve told a leading media house making the latest national news. "It is a court where we say the procedure which Pakistan
had adopted to arrive at this death sentence violates the principles of
Vienna Convention which is a multilateral treaty."
Salve is one
of the brilliant minds of India that led the team of lawyers to prepare
for the case of the 46-year-old former Indian naval officer. He also
made a half an hour long presentation in front of ICJ earlier this week.
Yesterday India was rewarded with some contentions when the ICJ ordered
Pakistan to stall Jadhav’s execution until the final verdict is passed.
Further, the court accepted India’s contentions and said that
Pakistan has illegally withheld the consular rights of Jadhav, an India
officer accused of saying.
Talking about the plans ahead, Salve
says India has two plans A & B. "egregious violation of human rights
must compel the man being released". He further added that these are
some of the options that only "adventurous lawyers like me" would try.
He
said that there is another option that involves requesting Pakistan for
annulment of the death sentence. "Get him proper legal representation
and then let him be tried in a manner acceptable to civilized society,"
he said. "I am satisfied today that court has accepted most of which we
put forth," Mr. Salve added.
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