Question

Choose the most appropriate option.
Which court has stayed the execution of death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav in May $2017$?

• A. International Court of Justice
• B. Supreme Court of Pakistan
• C. Supreme Court of India
• D. International Criminal Court.

Answer 1

The correct option is A International Court of Justice

• The International Court of Justice, based in the Hague, Netherlands, stayed the execution of death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav in May 2017.
• The court directed Pakistan to review, reconsider Jadhav’s sentence under provisions of 1963 Vienna Convention.
• The court rejected all the objections of Pakistan, including one unanimously on the admissibility of the case.