India has called out the "shortcomings" of the&nbsp;International Court of Justice (ICJ) Review and Reconsideration Bill 2020 passed by the Pakistani National Assembly saying it "does not create a machinery" to "facilitate effective review and reconsideration" when it comes to the&nbsp;Kulbhushan Jhadav case.&nbsp;&nbsp;

MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi at weekly virtual presser said, "The Bill codifies into law the earlier ordinance&nbsp;with all its shortcomings." He&nbsp;pointed out, "the International Court of Justice had ruled that Pakistan was in breach of its international obligations because of the failure to provide consular access to Shri Jadhav."

The&nbsp;Pakistani National Assembly or lower house of the Parliament passed the bill which was introduced first as an ordinance last year.&nbsp;The ordinance, issued in May, sought to implement ICJ's&nbsp;2019 verdict that called for the review of the order given out by a military court on Jadhav.

The spokesperson highlighted that under the bill&nbsp;"municipal courts in Pakistan to decide whether or not any prejudice has been caused to Shri Jadhav on account of the failure to provide consular access" which is "clearly a breach of the basic tenet that municipal courts cannot be the arbiter of whether a state has fulfilled its obligations in international law".

Last year India did try to file a petition under the ordinance but in absence of power of attorney and supporting legal documents, it&nbsp;could not be done. Pakistan later went to the Islamabad High Court to get a lawyer to file an appeal in the Jadhav case.

Bagchi&nbsp;called upon Pakistan to take "appropriate steps to address the shortcomings in the bill and to comply with the judgement of the ICJ in letter and spirit."&nbsp;

While India says&nbsp;Jadhav, an Indian national and&nbsp;was abducted from Iran, Pakistan claims he is a spy. He was sentenced by the Pakistani military court in 2017 as&nbsp;India went to the ICJ&nbsp;and got&nbsp;a stay on the order.

India has called out the "shortcomings" of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Review and Reconsideration Bill 2020 passed by the Pakistani National Assembly saying it "does not create a machinery" to "facilitate effective review and reconsideration" when it comes to the Kulbhushan Jhadav case.

India has called out the "shortcomings" of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Review and Reconsideration Bill 2020 passed by the Pakistani National Assembly saying it "does not create a machinery" to "facilitate effective review and reconsideration" when it comes to the Kulbhushan Jhadav case. MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi at weekly virtual presser said, "The Bill codifies into law the earlier ordinance with all its shortcomings." He pointed out, "the International Court of Justice had ruled that Pakistan was in breach of its international obligations because of the failure to provide consular access to Shri Jadhav." The Pakistani National Assembly or lower house of the Parliament passed the bill which was introduced first as an ordinance last year. The ordinance, issued in May, sought to implement ICJ's 2019 verdict that called for the review of the order given out by a military court on Jadhav. The spokesperson highlighted that under the bill "municipal courts in Pakistan to decide whether or not any prejudice has been caused to Shri Jadhav on account of the failure to provide consular access" which is "clearly a breach of the basic tenet that municipal courts cannot be the arbiter of whether a state has fulfilled its obligations in international law". Last year India did try to file a petition under the ordinance but in absence of power of attorney and supporting legal documents, it could not be done. Pakistan later went to the Islamabad High Court to get a lawyer to file an appeal in the Jadhav case. Bagchi called upon Pakistan to take "appropriate steps to address the shortcomings in the bill and to comply with the judgement of the ICJ in letter and spirit." While India says Jadhav, an Indian national and was abducted from Iran, Pakistan claims he is a spy. He was sentenced by the Pakistani military court in 2017 as India went to the ICJ and got a stay on the order.

Pak bill to give Jadhav right to appeal has 'shortcomings', says MEA

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Pak bill to give Jadhav right to appeal has 'shortcomings', says MEA