Government terms arbitration award on Indus Waters Treaty ‘illegal’
The Indian government has rejected a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the Indus Waters Treaty, labeling the court as illegally constituted. India maintains that the court lacks jurisdiction over its sovereign hydroelectric projects and asserts that the treaty itself is currently in abeyance due to cross-border tensions.
Why it matters
This dispute highlights a significant breakdown in international legal mechanisms between India and Pakistan, potentially escalating regional tensions over shared water resources.
NEW DELHI: Govt slammed an award by the “illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration (CoA)” concerning interim measures and status of the Indus Waters Treaty, recalling India’s position that the court has no jurisdiction to pronounce on India’s sovereign decisions. India had responded similarly to another award issued by the court in May this year.On this occasion though, according to a Reuters report from Amsterdam, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague said that India must uphold the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan and must also limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in J&K.Govt maintains that this court was created in violation of the 1960 IWT which in any case has been put in abeyance by India because of Pakistan’s support to cross-border terrorism.“Today, the illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration has issued what it termed as an award concerning Interim Measures and Status of the…
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