Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday constituted a three-member bench to hear the government's petition relating to the appointment of a legal representative for Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian citizen sentenced to death. The decision was taken by the Islamabad High Court on Monday after a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah ordered the setting up of a larger bench to hear the matter.
The name of three senior lawyers was also suggested as 'Adalat Mitra' in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case as the court ordered the Government of Pakistan to appoint India as 'one more chance' to appoint a lawyer for a prisoner sentenced to death. 'The court on Monday heard a petition filed by the Government of Pakistan about appointing a lawyer for Jadhav.
The new bench consists of Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Miyangul Hasan Aurangzeb. The next hearing in the case is listed for three September. Let me tell you that 50-year-old Kulbhushan Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death in April 2017 by a Pakistan military court for espionage. A few days later, India appealed to the International Court of Justice against Jadhav's denial of diplomatic access to Pakistan and challenged the death penalty.
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