ICJ stays death sentence on Kulbhushan Jadav

New Delhi May 10 (IANS) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has suspended the death sentence on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday.

I have spoken to the mother of #KulbhushanJadhav and told her about the order of President ICJ under Art 74 Paragraph 4 of Rules of Court she said in a tweet. Article 74 paragraph 4 of the ICJ says pending the meeting of the Court the President may call upon the parties to act in such a way as will enable any order the Court may make on the request for provisional measures to have its appropriate effects. India had moved the court on Monday seeking a set of reliefs including y way of suspension of the sentence of death awarded to the accused and estraining Pakistan from giving effect to the sentence awarded by the military court. --IANS sku-vd/lok