ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday has extended the time forappointment of legal representative for Indian spy and agent ofintelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Kulbhushan Jadhav tillJanuary 14. According to details, the court has taken the decision on therequest of Indian High Commission and adjourned the hearing.

Earlier, attorney general had told the court that Indian government wasintentionally not hiring a lawyer for the spy. Now the only choice left wasthat Pakistani government should provide him a legal representative, headded.

On July 17, 2019, the ICJ had rejected remedies sought by India, includingannulment of military court decision convicting Kulbhushan Jadhav, hisrelease and safe passage to India.

Announcing the verdict Judge Abdulqavi Ahmed Yousaf told Pakistan to reviewthe death sentence for an alleged Indian spy, saying Islamabad violated hisrights to consular visits.

The court, in its verdict, rejected a number of Indian demands includingannulment of military court decision convicting Jadhav, his release andsafe passage to India.

The ICJ found that Pakistan deprived India of the right to communicate withand have access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, to visit him in detention and toarrange for his legal representation, and thereby breached obligationsincumbent upon it under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

The tribunal in The Hague ordered an “effective review and reconsiderationof the conviction and sentence of Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav”.

The judge remarked that Pakistan and India are signatories of the ViennaConvention.