India must uphold water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, international court says
The court said a World Bank-appointed expert will decide by July 2027 whether India’s hydro projects comply with the treaty.
- On Monday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that India must limit construction on a Kashmir hydroelectric plant and uphold the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, which India suspended last year.
- India suspended the treaty last year, which ensures water supply to 80% of Pakistani farms, marking a departure from the 1960 agreement both nations had honored despite prior regional conflicts.
- Agreeing with Pakistan, the court restricted India from building the Ratle Hydro-Electric Plant dam wall above specific levels until 90 days after a World Bank-appointed neutral expert issues a decision.
- India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the verdict "categorically," stating the court lacks jurisdiction over sovereign decisions and its pronouncements will have no effect on India's projects.
- A neutral expert will determine by July 2027 whether hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan region comply with treaty obligations, while the court affirmed the Indus Waters Treaty remains fully in force.
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'No jurisdiction': India rejects Permanent Court of Arbitration's order on suspension of Indus Waters Treaty
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Tribunal says India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan
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India rejects international court order on Indus Waters Treaty, says panel ‘illegally constituted’
India on Monday rejected a court of arbitration’s order setting aside New Delhi’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, saying that it never recognised the existence of the “illegally constituted” court.Earlier in the day, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague had held that the Indus Waters Treaty remained in force, and that India must comply with its obligations under it. In an interim order, the court also prohib…
India rejects ruling on water-sharing treaty with Pakistan by Hague court
India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on a hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir region, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said on Monday. India in April last year suspended the treaty that ensures water supply to 80 per cent of Pakistani farms, after India identified as Pakistani two of three assailants in an attack that killed 26 people at a t…
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