US EditionIndia Rejects Intl Court of Arbitration Award on Kishenganga, Ratle Projects Under IWT - The Statesman
- On June 27, 2025, India formally dismissed the supplemental ruling issued by the Court of Arbitration regarding its hydroelectric developments in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the tribunal was unlawfully established and that the Indus Waters Treaty had been suspended following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22.
- India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty until Pakistan ceases supporting cross-border terrorism, while Pakistan repeatedly urged India to lift the suspension and threatened retaliation.
- The Ministry of External Affairs described the arbitration as a 'charade at Pakistan's behest' and stressed India is no longer bound by treaty obligations under international law during the suspension.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared India will never restore the treaty, and Jal Shakti Minister CR Paatil affirmed Pakistan will be denied water by diverting it to Rajasthan, dismissing Pakistan's threats as hollow.
- These developments highlight rising tensions over shared water resources, with India asserting sovereign control over western rivers and Pakistan warning that use of water as a weapon could force it to act.
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India rejects arbitration court’s ‘ruling’ on Kishanganga, Ratle power projects
India on Friday rejected the so-called supplemental award by the Court of Arbitration on the Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it had never recognised the court’s authority.India’s position “has all along been that the constitution of this so-called arbitral body is in itself a serious breach of the Indus Waters Treaty and consequently any proceedings before this forum and any award or decision taken by it ar…
India rejects 'supplemental award' on J-K dam projects by 'illegal' Court of Arbitration
India underscored that it had suspended the Indus Water Treaty in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack, which resulted in the deaths of 26 people. The govt asserted that Pakistan must credibly and irreversibly renounce cross-border terrorism before any treaty obligations can resume.
India rejects Intl Court of Arbitration award on Kishenganga, Ratle projects under IWT - The Statesman
India on Friday categorically rejected the ''supplemental award'' by what it called the “illegally constituted” Court of Arbitration, purportedly constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, concerning the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
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