NEW DELHI: Reaffirming that it would do everything to bring back Kulbhushan Jadhav , India on Tuesday, filed its reply in the International Court of Justice , in accordance with order of the court.

A spokesperson for the MEA said in a statement, “As per the Court order, India had filed written pleadings (Memorial) in the case on 13 September 2017 and Pakistan filed its Counter Memorial on 13 December 2017. Today, India filed its Reply to Pakistan’s submissions to the court. Pakistan has been given time till 17 July 2018 by the Court to file its response (Rejoinder).”

India first approached the ICJ on May 8, 2017, MEA said, for egregious violation of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963 by Pakistan.

