Pak claims Kulbhushan Jadhav refused to file review petition

NewsBharati    08-Jul-2020 16:31:20 PM
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Islamabad, July 08: Pakistan has claimed that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav had refused to file a review petition for reconsideration of his sentence and conviction and instead wanted to go ahead with the mercy plea.
 
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"He (Kulbhushan Jadhav) preferred to follow up on his pending mercy petition...Pakistan has offered second consular access to him," said Additional Attorney General Ahmed Irfan while addressing a media conference along with DG South Asia in Islamabad on Wednesday.
 
Last month, the Indian national was invited to file a petition for review and reconsideration of his sentence and conviction. However, the Additional Attorney General added that he refused to file a petition for review and reconsideration of his sentence and conviction exercising his legal right. “On June 17 we invited Jadhav to file a petition for the reconsideration of his conviction and offered him legal representation but he refused to file the petition and instead preferred to follow up on his pending mercy petition,” said Irfan.
 
It is reported that India is in contact with Pakistan through diplomatic channels on the implementation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. "Last year the ICJ gave a decision in favor of India. We are in touch with Pakistan through diplomatic channels on implementation of ICJ decision," sources had said.
 
Last year in September, India's Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan Gaurav Ahluwalia met Jadhav in Islamabad after Pakistan had granted consular access to the Indian national. In the same year of July, the ICJ, with a vote of 15-1, had supported India's claim that Pakistan has committed an egregious violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations on several counts. It had ordered Islamabad to carry out an effective "review and reconsideration" of his conviction.
 
The former Indian Navy commander was "arrested" from Balochistan by Pakistani security forces on March 3, 2016, after he allegedly entered the country from Iran as claimed by Islamabad. He was arrested on the charges of terrorism activities and spying for India's intelligence agency. However, India has rejected Pakistan's allegations about Jadhav's involvement in spying and subversive activities and said he was kidnapped from the Iranian port of Chabahar where he was running a business.