Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Second front opens in the case of Pakistan's military courts

The legal controversy over Pakistan's military courts has jumped the border into India, where a public interest litigation has been filed by activist Rahul Sharma. According to this account, the PIL asks the Delhi High Court to direct the Indian government to invoke the jurisdiction of an international court and to file a habeas corpus petition in Pakistan seeking the release of an Indian citizen who has been condemned to die on a charge of spying.

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