Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, DH News Service, May 16 2017, 14:10 IST
Salve was India's lead attorney at the ICJ hearing the case of Indian national Jadhav. [Video grab]
Top lawyer Harish Salve has charged only Rs 1 as his fee to fight India's case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the death penalty given to the former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.
This was disclosed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj late on Monday night, responding to a twitter comment in which one Sanjeev Goyal stated that it would have been cheaper for the government, had it hired some other lawyer.
“Not fair. Harish Salve has charged us Rs 1 as his fee for this case,” Swaraj tweeted.
The veteran lawyer argued for close to 90 minutes at the at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the ICJ, on Monday. Salve was requested by the government to argue the case because of his expertise in international affairs.
“India and Pakistan presented their cases. The Court will now begin its deliberations,” says a statement from the International Court of Justice.
While India made three specific requests to the court including cancellation of the execution of Jadhav Pakistan's single-point submission was to reject the Indian requests.
On May 8, India moved the ICJ against the death penalty, alleging Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by denying consular access to Jadhav 16 times.
While Pakistan maintained Jadhav was an Indian spy, India asserted that he was kidnapped from Iran, where he was doing business after he retired from the Indian Navy.
The two neighbours are fighting a legal battle at the ICJ after 18 years.
Salve was India's lead attorney at the ICJ hearing the case of Indian national Jadhav. [Video grab]
Top lawyer Harish Salve has charged only Rs 1 as his fee to fight India's case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the death penalty given to the former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.
This was disclosed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj late on Monday night, responding to a twitter comment in which one Sanjeev Goyal stated that it would have been cheaper for the government, had it hired some other lawyer.
“Not fair. Harish Salve has charged us Rs 1 as his fee for this case,” Swaraj tweeted.
The veteran lawyer argued for close to 90 minutes at the at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the ICJ, on Monday. Salve was requested by the government to argue the case because of his expertise in international affairs.
“India and Pakistan presented their cases. The Court will now begin its deliberations,” says a statement from the International Court of Justice.
While India made three specific requests to the court including cancellation of the execution of Jadhav Pakistan's single-point submission was to reject the Indian requests.
On May 8, India moved the ICJ against the death penalty, alleging Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by denying consular access to Jadhav 16 times.
While Pakistan maintained Jadhav was an Indian spy, India asserted that he was kidnapped from Iran, where he was doing business after he retired from the Indian Navy.
The two neighbours are fighting a legal battle at the ICJ after 18 years.
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