US EditionIndia Warns Pakistan of ‘Painful Consequences’ over ‘War-Mongering Comments’
India rejects the Court of Arbitration's ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty, citing lack of legal authority and linking the dispute to Pakistan's cross-border terrorism, officials said.
- On August 14, 2025, India firmly dismissed the latest decision from the Hague-based tribunal established under the Indus Waters Treaty, arguing that the tribunal does not have proper authority or legitimacy.
- India has never accepted the Court of Arbitration’s legality, legitimacy, or competence and prefers the treaty-stipulated Neutral Expert mechanism instead.
- The Court’s August 8 ruling sided with Pakistan on India’s hydroelectric projects on western rivers, and India maintains the treaty is in abeyance due to Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism including the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the decisions lack any legal authority or validity and emphasized that India does not recognize their jurisdiction. He also accused Pakistan of deliberately stirring anti-India tensions and firmly dismissed Pakistan’s selective and misleading citations of the so-called award.
- India’s sovereign decision to hold the treaty in abeyance signals that reinstatement depends on Pakistan’s verifiable cessation of terrorism, while the situation remains tense with warnings of consequences amid ongoing hostile rhetoric.
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India rejects arbitration court authority over water disputes with Pakistan
India’s foreign ministry on Thursday reiterated that the Court of Arbitration has “no existence in the eye of law,” ruling it lacks any legal authority to make pronouncements about the 1960 water-sharing pact between India and Pakistan. The Ministry described the tribunal as “illegally constituted” and said New Delhi has never recognized its legitimacy. The statement notably rejected the tribunal’s recent Supplemental Award on Competence, handed…
Lack of jurisdiction, legitimacy, competence: India rejects award issued by Court of Arbitration under Indus Waters Treaty - The Tribune
India on Thursday firmly rejected the recent award issued by the Hague-based Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty, citing the court's lack of jurisdiction, legitimacy, and competence.
'Never accepted legality of Court of Arbitration': India rejects Indus Waters Treaty ruling
India on Thursday said that the international Court of Arbitration lacks any legal authority to make pronouncements on the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as New Delhi has never recognised the legitimacy of the court
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