/ " 5( $# %$ / %$ / / SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' -&%1-* 2345 1+,.,1.% 01)$' +12$3 "# 9 --(39 12083(13 44 10(,!2140, (-,1403 ,3,0- 2 20,1212 ,0(1.2, &13-0- 9232-243011-4 4-12-1&-2 (-,2(0 ,?(-2(&1? ( #0 :;--, :<= >"$- $# 6 " " 236 7829: 24 7 %&' ! ' ,-,.-/0- (-,1 n a major victory for India, R Ithe International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism”. India hailed the ICJ verdict "# with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying “truth and justice” 0- (-,1/-0.2 have prevailed. “We welcome today’s ver- '-+ ) 1) 2 he 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) dict in the @CIJ_ICJ. Truth and - TMLAs cannot be forced to justice have prevailed. $ %&' take part in the proceedings of Congratulations to the ICJ for the ongoing Assembly session a verdict based on extensive ment directive immediately. while Speaker KR Ramesh study of facts. I am sure “This judgment validates Kumar enjoys the freedom to ! "" # $ %&' Kulbhushan Jadhav will get India’s position on the case. ' P) * "+ ,)- .%/) /' 0 ! decide on their resignations justice. Our Government will We’ll continue to work vigor- ' - - $ %&' within such time-frame as con- looks inevitable. lic mandate, setting a “terrible always work for the safety and ously for Jadhav’s early release sidered appropriate by him. While Speaker Kumar wel- judicial precedent”. welfare of every Indian,” the and return to India,” he said. access to Kulbhushan, to visit there was a three-week delay in said it was “undisputed” fact This is the crux of the comed the court decision and The court order on pleas by PM tweeted. The Ministry of Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian him in detention and to informing India about Jadhav’s that Pakistan did not accede to Supreme Court ruling on the said he would conduct himself rebel MLAs for a direction to External Affairs too welcomed Navy officer, was sentenced to arrange for his legal represen- arrest on March 3, 2016, lead- India’s appeals. ongoing Karnataka political responsibly in accordance with the Speaker to take a decision the ICJ decision. death by the Pakistani military tation”, the judges said. ing to a “breach” of Pakistan’s The court said Pakistan has crisis that has come as a big jolt the principles of the on their resignations comes a “We appreciate direction by court on charges of “espionage Pakistan was under the obligations under the Vienna not explained how any of the for the JD(S)-Congress alliance, Constitution, the rebel MLAs day before the Congress-JD(S) the ICJ that Pakistan should and terrorism” after an in- obligation to inform India Convention. wrongful acts allegedly com- which faces trust vote in the camping in Mumbai also hailed Government faces a floor test review and reconsider convic- camera trial in April 2017. His about the arrest and detention Noting that India has made mitted by India may have pre- State Assembly on Thursday. the decision and said there was which will end the suspense tion sentence given to Jadhav sentencing evoked a sharp of Jadhav under the Vienna a number of requests for the vented it from fulfilling its The order by a Bench no question of going back on over the numbers game trig- by Pakistani military court. reaction in India. Convention, Judge Yusuf ruled. consular access, which was obligation. headed by Chief Justice Ranjan their resignations or attending gered by a raft of resignations We note that the court has A Bench led by President The Bench observed that denied by Pakistan, the court Continued on Page 4 Gogoi dashed the hopes of the session. by lawmakers of the ruling directed that Pakistan is under of the Court Judge Abdulqawi Chief Minister HD Karnataka BJP chief BS coalition. an obligation to inform Jadhav Ahmed Yusuf ordered an $ O , 1 Kumaraswamy to cling to Yeddyurappa said While 16 MLAs — 13 from without further delay of his “effective review and reconsid- $ 5161% # $ power, who is locked in an Kumaraswamy will have to the Congress and three from rights to provide Indian con- eration of the conviction and " +" $ 4"#" $ intense face-off with rebel resign on Thursday when he JD(S) — have resigned, two sular officers access to him in sentence of Kulbhushan”. The % " & $% 1 MLAs. faces the confidence vote in the independent MLAs S Shankar accordance with Vienna Bench also ruled by 15 votes to 1 $ +" $ " The Speaker’s inaction on Assembly since he doesn’t have and H Nagesh have withdrawn Convention,” Raveesh Kumar, 1 that Pakistan had violated # " " $ their resignation has so far majority. their support to the coalition MEA Spokesperson, said. India’s rights to consular visits $ %1 "4"#" % $ 4"#" saved the Government, but Expressing reservations on Government. The ruling coali- Asserting that the ICJ ver- after Jadhav’s arrest. +" $%3". 1 %1 now that the rebels cannot be the order, the Congress said it tion’s strength in the House is dict validated India’s position Pakistan “deprived the + $ compelled to abide by the whip nullifed the whip and provid- 117 — Congress 78, JD(S) 37, on this case, Kumar said India Republic of India of the right 1 %()*(% #* + 7 (%)$% %*(% 1 ,-.% %(%/ and attend the House, the fall ed “blanket protection” to BSP 1, and nominated 1, expected Pakistan to imple- to communicate with and have of the Kumaraswamy regime MLAs who have betrayed pub- besides the Speaker. P $% &' &( )*+ 30-,(2/403 ,32- stopped police from arresting them till August 3 in a land and dispute led to a mas- ! " umbai terror attack mas- grabbing case and setting up a Lsacre in Ghorawal area of Mtermind and JuD chief Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) sem- Sonebhadra district on # " $ Hafiz Saeed was arrested on inary over there. Wednesday when a gram " #$ Wednesday on terror financing Saeed-led JuD is believed pradhan and his henchmen $ % charges by the Counter- to be the front organisation for opened indiscriminate fire on Terrorism Department (CTD) the LeT which is responsible villagers to forcibly take pos- of Punjab Province, just days for carrying out the 2008 session of a property. ! !" ahead of Pakistan Prime Mumbai attacks that killed 166 The firing claimed the #$%&% & $ Minister Imran Khan’s maiden people. He was listed under UN lives of as many as 10 persons, "("! visit to the US. Security Council Resolution including three women, and "$ N O Saeed, a UN-designated 1267 in December 2008. left 18 injured out of whom the N + O $ # terrorist whom the US has The US Department of the condition of four is said to be ! $ placed a $10 million bounty on, Treasury has designated Saeed critical. ! $ was travelling to Gujranwala as a Specially Designated The incident occurred in % from Lahore to get pre-arrest where former Prime Minister Global Terrorist, and the US, Murthiya village under bail in terror financing cases Nawaz Sharif is serving seven since 2012, has offered a $10 Ghorawal police station. registered against him there years imprisonment in a cor- million reward for information Taking a serious note of when he was arrested, a CTD ruption case, the official said. that brings Saeed to justice. the incident, Chief Minister ! % &+% $ %&' official told PTI. In a statement, the CTD Under pressure from the Yogi Adityanath has directed “The JuD chief was going said Saeed was arrested in a international community, the District Magistrate of dent Akhilesh Yadav blamed to Gujranwala from Lahore case registered in Gujranwala Pakistani authorities have Sonebhadra to ensure proper the UP Government for the # on Wednesday morning when and he will face the trial in launched investigations into treatment to all the injured incident and demanded 20 a CTD team intercepted him ATC, Gujranwala. matters of the LeT, the JuD and persons. He also constituted a lakh each for the families of $ ! near Gujranwala city (some 80- The CTD on July 3 had its charity wing the Falah-e- two-member high-level team the deceased. “The incident km from Lahore) and arrested registered 23 FIRs against 13 Insaniat Foundation (FIF) to probe the firing. proves that there is no rule of Lucknow: Two policemen were after a hearing in a Chandausi him on terror financing top leaders of Jamaat-ud- regarding their holding and use The CM has asked law in the State,” Akhilesh shot on Wednesday in Sambhal court, were killed in the auda- charges,” the official said. Dawah (JuD), including Saeed, of trusts to raise funds for ter- Divisional Commissioner of Yadav said. district as some unidentified cious attack on the police team. Saeed was presented before on the charges of “terror rorism financing. Mirzapur and Varanasi Zone According to ADG (Law miscreants opened fire at a jail Chief Minister Yogi an Anti-Terrorism Court financing” in different cities of Saeed’s arrest comes just ADG to jointly investigate the and Order) PV Ramashastri, van and fled with three under- Adityanath expressed grief over (ATC) in Gujranwala that sent Punjab province. ahead of Prime Minister Khan’s incident on the causes and fix Murthiya village head Yagya trial prisoners. Sambhal the death of the two police per- him on judicial remand for On Monday, Saeed and maiden visit to the US on July responsibility for the lapses Dutt and his supporters Superintendent of Police sonnel. He announced a com- seven days. He was subse- his three aides were granted 21 during which he will hold that led to the incident, and opened fire on the victims fol- Yamuna Prasad said two con- pensation of 50 lakh each to quently shifted to Lahore’s pre-arrest bail by an anti-ter- talks with President Donald submit report within 24 hours.