The bench also acquitted his purported accomplice Azad Mehrunddula Ansari, 28, for want of satisfactory evidence. read more

A response from the Pakistani side to the Indian response is awaited, sources said. The Pakistani side had proposed that consular access could be granted at 3 pm on Friday. read more

Justices RF Nariman and Surya Kant confirmed Manoharan’s death sentence while justice Sanjiv Khanna dissented saying the case did not fall under the rarest of the rare category to warrant capital punishment. read more

A Justice BP Dharmadhikari-led division bench sentenced the convicts, Purushottam Borate, 38, and Pradeep Kokade, 30, to 35 years in prison, which will include period already undergone. read more

On July 17, the UN’s main court ruled Pakistan had violated Jadhav’s rights to consular access and called for a review of the death sentence given to him by a military court at an appropriate forum of Islamabad’s choice. read more

“Pakistan lost conclusively before the ICJ,” the senior BJP leader wrote in a blog. “Its farcical processes through which innocent are held guilty, stand exposed.” read more

Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, he said the verdict of the International Court of Justice is not only a vindication for Jadhav but also for all those who believe in the rule of law. read more

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj described it as a “great victory” for India. read more

In a ruling seen as a significant victory for India’s efforts to prevent the execution of the 49-year-old, the UN’s principal court ruled that a continued stay of Jadhav’s death sentence was an “indispensable condition” for an effective “review and reconsideration”... read more

The statement claimed that the Hague-based ICJ in its judgment did not accept India’s plea to “acquit\/release” Jadhav. read more

The 49-year-old, a retired naval officer, was sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan on charges of of “espionage and terrorism.” read more

World Court verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav case: The ICJ, however, stopped short of accepting India’s request to cancel the military court’s death sentence handed down in April 2017 after a trial by a Pakistan army court that New Delhi has described as... read more

Delivering the quantum of punishment, the court said he was spared the death sentence considering his age. But he has to undergo three life terms and an additional jail term of 26 years. The court also observed that all three life terms will have to... read more

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had recently upheld the trial court’s decision to award capital punishment to the convicts for the heinous offence and enhanced the fine imposed on them from Rs 50,000 each to Rs 50 lakh. read more

Zhu Xiaodong, 30, spent nearly 150,000 yuan (USD 21,800) from his wife Yang Liping’s credit card on travelling with another woman for “trying to forget about the killing”, state-run China Daily reported. read more