Satat Sampada, the organisation of climate activist Harjeet Singh and his wife, said the allegations made by the Enforcement Directorate against the firm and its founder were baseless, biased and misleading.
The Uttar Pradesh excise department arrested climate activist Harjeet Singh for allegedly possessing excess liquor after the ED searched his premises in connection with a foreign exchange violation case. The ED is investigating the misuse of funds received from abroad and Singh's visits to Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Centre has extended the tenure of CBI Director Praveen Sood by one year. Sood, a 1986-batch IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre, took over as the CBI director on May 25, 2023. The decision was taken in a meeting of the selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sood is known for his hands-on approach and has supervised high-profile cases involving high net-worth individuals.
'The verdict will open up the floodgates for Pakistan to take the ICJ route on many issues in context of Jammu and Kashmir,' warns Rajeev Sharma.
India based its case on two broad issues -- breach of Vienna Convention on consular access and the process of resolution.
'An in-principle decision has been taken to take the issue of Kashmir to the International Court of Justice'
India on Wednesday hailed the verdict of the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case
The External Affairs Ministry said the 'landmark judgment' validated India's position on the matter 'fully' and asked Pakistan to implement the directive of the ICJ immediately.
People in Jadhav's native Javli village in Satara district condemned Pakistan and demanded immediate release of the retired Indian Navy officer sentenced to death by a Pakistan army court on alleged 'espionage' charges.
According to government sources, the international court will give its verdict around 3.30 pm on Thursday.
India approached the ICJ in May 2017 against Pakistan for denying consular access to Jadhav.
India questioned the functioning of Pakistan's notorious military courts.
The former finance minister said that Pakistan "lost conclusively" before the world court and termed the sentencing by the military court to Jadhav as a "farcical processes".
'Prayers of 125 crore Indians have been answered,' said well-wishers of the former naval officer who has been incarcerated by Pakistan.
Pakistan through its consulate in Netherlands came to know that the ICJ ordered India to submit a response by September 13.
Pakistan's memorial will be in response to pleadings filed by India in the Hague-based ICJ on April 17.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel licences and not to grant new ones to Indian firms exporting arms and other military equipment to Israel, which is fighting a war in Gaza.
Salve said it is important to be 'positive' after such a positive ruling.
The announcement was made by ICJ on Wednesday, a day after it stayed Jadhav's execution
Both India and Pakistan have already submitted their detailed pleas and responses in the world court.
The bench also ruled that Pakistan had violated India's rights to consular visits after his arrest.
The statement claimed that the Hague-based ICJ in its judgment did not accept India's plea to 'acquit/release' Jadhav.
Rubbishing Pakistan's claim of a victory in the case, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Islamabad has its 'own compulsions to lie' to its people.
During his term at the ICJ, Bhandari has delivered individual opinions in 11 cases covering a broad spectrum of subjects such as maritime disputes, whaling in Antarctica, crime of genocide, delimitation of continental shelf, nuclear disarmament, financing of terrorism and violation of sovereign rights.
Aziz said that when it comes to cases involving the death penalty, the international court has always given a stay order.
The request was made in view of the upcoming elections for ICJ judges, scheduled to be held in November,
Terming the ICJ order as the "first step in ensuring justice" to Jadhav, external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said the government will do everything possible to save Jadhav's life.
The revelation came in response to a tweet by one Sanjeev Goyal, who said India could have got any good lawyer with much less fee than what Salve must have charged for fighting the case.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said India made 16 requests for consular access to Jadhav but there was no response from Pakistan on the demand.
Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by the military court in April last year.
The statement came after Pak Army chief called on PM Nawaz Sharif and discussed the ICJ's stay order on the execution of Jadhav.
SC tells the Centre that any deviation from its stand that the issue of Indian Prisoners of War languishing in Pakistani prisons cannot be taken to the International Court of Justice, will have its own ramifications.
Pakistan's lawyer Khawar Qureshi also alleged that Jadhav was an "instrument of India's official policy of terror".
The decision of the 11-judge bench was unanimous, ICJ President Ronny Abraham said.
"Pakistan's story is solely based on rhetoric and not facts," said Harish Salve, who was representing India.
According to the report, Khawar Qureshi will continue to represent Pakistan in the court.
India, in its appeal to the International Court of Justice, accused Pakistan of "egregious" violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
The ICJ had asked Pakistan to submit its written response or memorial by December 13 before the court could start further proceedings.
A curt namaste was all that the senior Indian diplomats Deepak Mittal, joint secretary heading the Pakistan division in the external affairs ministry, and Venu Rajamoney, India's Ambassador to the Netherlands, offered when Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan wanted to shake hands ahead of the hearing.
Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.
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