Pak court constitutes larger three-member bench in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

The MEA spokesperson says Pakistan is not only in violation of the judgment of ICJ, but also of its own ordinance

A top Pakistan court on Friday constituted a larger three-member bench to hear the petition filed by the government to appoint a legal representative for death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav.

The decision was taken by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after a two-member bench led by Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Monday ordered to set up a larger bench to hear the case.

The court on Monday was hearing the petition filed by the Pakistan government to appoint a lawyer for Jadhav. It also named three senior lawyers as amici curiae in Jadhav's case as it ordered the Pakistan government to