Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the truth and justice have prevailed after the verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. As india celebrates ICJ’s verdict, Prime Minister Modi tweeted,”We welcome today’s verdict in the ICJ. Truth and justice have prevailed. Congratulations to the ICJ for a verdict based on extensive study of facts. I am sure Kulbhushan Jadhav will get justice. Our Government will always work for the safety and welfare of every Indian.” The Ministry of External Affairs too issued a statement welcoming the verdict. We stand validated. We welcome the judgement delivered by the International Court of Justice in the Hague in favour of India in the case relating to Shri Kulbhushan Jadhav. INDIA WELCOMES ICJ VERDICT ON JADHAV The case dates back to 2017 when a Pakistan Army court had sentenced Jadhav to death on charges of espionage and terror. That year in May itself the Indian government approached the ICJ for justice. In response, a 10 judge bench of the court directed the Pakistan govt to stay Jadhav’s execution on the 18th of May 2017 till it delivered its verdict in the case. Pakistan had maintained that Jadhav had entered the country through Iran while India says that he was actually abducted by Pak from iran where he had gone for business purposes. India continued to reiterate that Pakistan’s repeated refusals to allow consular access to Jadhav was violative of the Vienna Convention of 1963 As ofnow the International court has accepted India’s strong stand in the matter and Pakistan too has to abide by the fact that it has acted against established norms. It can now be hoped that Pakistan complies with the court’s verdict and grants consular access to Kulbhushan alongwith a fresh trial in which justice is meted out.
