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- India has placed the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in April 2025 that resulted in 26 deaths.
- New Delhi linked the attack to terror networks based in Pakistan and has since rejected a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the suspension.
- The Indian government asserts that the arbitration body is illegally constituted and lacks jurisdiction over its sovereign decisions, while continuing work on several hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
What to watch next
- Ongoing developments regarding India's hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir
- Future interactions or rulings from the Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Changes to the treaty status if official diplomatic relations shift
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Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of External Affairs
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“Today, the illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration (CoA) has issued what it termed as an award concerning Interim Measures and Status of the Indus Waters Treaty”
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…body has no jurisdiction to comment on New Delhi's sovereign decisions. The ministry of external affairs (MEA), in a statement, said India's decision to hold the IWT in abeyance remains in force. " Today, the illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration (CoA) has issued what it termed as an award concerning Interim Measures and Status of the Indus Waters Treaty ," it said. "This so called Court was constituted by the World Bank in patent breach of the terms of the Treaty and India categorically rejects its so-called award, just as it has firmly rejected all prior…
“This so-called Court of Arbitration has no jurisdiction whatsoever to pronounce on India’s sovereign decisions.”
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…World Bank in patent breach of the terms of the Treaty and India categorically rejects its so-called award, just as it has firmly rejected all prior pronouncements by this illegally constituted body," the MEA added. “ This so-called Court of Arbitration has no jurisdiction whatsoever to pronounce on India’s sovereign decisions. Its pronouncements, now or in the future, will have no effect on India’s actions in connection with the projects being undertaken by India,” the ministry continued. India has stepped up work on several hydropower…
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Named India · Pakistan · Central Water Commission · Dwight Eisenhower · Eugene Black · Jawaharlal Nehru · Jim Yong Kim · Ministry of External Affairs · Mohammad Ayub Khan · Permanent Court of Arbitration · World Bank
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