Separate Opinion of Judge Onyeama

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ONYEAMA

1 regret tliat 1 find niyself iiiiable to concur in tlic decision that the
Court is conipetent to entertain lndia's appeal.
The jurisdiction of the Court is derived froni the combincd effcct of
Article 36 (1) of the Statute of tlie Court, Article 84 of the Convention on
International Civil Aviation (the Convention) and Article 37 of the

Declaration by Judge Lachs (as appended immediately after the judgment)

72 ICA0 COUNCIL (DECL. ZAFRULLA KHAN)

the Council. Nothing urged by India's counsel in his submissions to the
Court in this context has served to raise any doubt in my mind concerning
the correctness and propriety of the President's rulings and of the pro-
cedure followed by the Council.
As regards the second category, the brief answer to India's objections
is that Article 15 of the Rules for the Settlement of Differences has no

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