The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin hearing India's plea - seeking an immediate suspension of the death penalty awarded to its national Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in Pakistan - at 1:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) on Monday.
India has taken Pakistan to ICJ based on the fact that they are both signatories to the Optional Protocol concerning compulsory settlement of disputes. India hopes to draw a distinction between ICJ's jurisdiction based on the Atlantique case and the Jadhav one, based on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. ALSO READ | Who is Kulbhushan Jadhav? All You Need to Know About Him
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