India seeks UN court order to bar execution of naval officer
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India took Pakistan to the United Nations' highest court Monday in an attempt to save the life of an Indian naval officer sentenced to death last month by a Pakistani military court after being convicted of espionage.
"India believes that the farcical nature of proceedings and unjust trial by a Pakistani military court in egregious violation of the rights of consular access ... has led to (a) serious miscarriage of justice," Deepak Mittal, joint secretary of India's Ministry of External Affairs, told judges at the International Court of Justice.
India claims that Pakistan breached a long-standing international convention on consular relations by not granting Indian officials access to Kulbhushan Jadhav after his arrest last year.
"It is clear that Mr. Jadhav has been denied the right to be defended by a legal counsel of his choice. He has not been informed of his right to seek consular access," Mittal said, adding that the conviction and death sentence appeared to be based on a confession made while "in captivity without proper legal representation."
