No communication from Pakistan on ad-hoc judge for Jadhav case: MEA

The external affairs ministry said, it has not received any communication from Pakistan about launch of a consultation process by it to nominate an ad-hoc judge for the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told reporters, replying to a question on the issue that we have not been informed officially about this process by relevant authorities. 

According to a Pakistani media report,



Islamabad has begun consultations over the nomination of an ad-hoc judge for the Jadhav case and that an ex-attorney general and a former Jordanian premier have emerged as the top contenders.

India had moved the Hague-based International Court of Justice against the death penalty handed down to Jadhav by a Pakistani military court. 

The ICJ had on May 18 restrained Pakistan from executing the death sentence.