ICJ to hold public hearing of Indian spy Kulbhushan’s case on Monday

ICJ to hold public hearing of Indian spy Kulbhushan’s case on Monday

Hauge (Web Desk): The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case pertaining to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav on May 15.

According to a press release issued by the United Nation’s judicial body, the ICJ will hold public hearings on Monday, 15 May 2017, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, in the proceedings instituted by the Republic of India on 8 May 2017 against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The hearings will be devoted to the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by India, the PR added.

The May 15 hearings will be conducted in two phases with the ICJ hearing India’s observations in the first phase and Pakistan’s observations in the second, the ICJ’s press release said.

The hearings will be streamed live, the statement further added.

India has moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stay the death sentence handed to self-confessed Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in Pakistan.