The International Court of Justice, ICJ has fixed April 17 and July 17 as time-limits for India and Pakistan respectively for the filing of the written pleadings by them in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.<br/>'<br/>In a statement issued by the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the ICJ authorised the submission of a reply by India and of a rejoinder by Pakistan in the Jadhav case.<br/>'<br/>Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April, following which India moved The Hague-based ICJ in May.<br/>'<br/>A 10-member bench of the ICJ on May 18 restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case.<br/>'<br/>Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak Patel from its restive Balochistan province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from Iran.<br/>'<br/>India, however, maintains that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he had business interests after retiring from the Indian Navy.<br/>'''''''<br/>