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India connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) rejected an grant reportedly issued by the Court of Arbitration (CoA) astatine The Hague connected May 15, 2026, concerning maximum pondage astatine Indian hydroelectric projects connected the Indus stream system, reiterating that it does not recognise the tribunal arsenic legitimately constituted.
“India categorically rejects the contiguous alleged award, conscionable arsenic it has firmly rejected each anterior pronouncements of the illegally constituted CoA,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, adding that immoderate proceeding oregon determination of the assemblage was “null and void.” India’s determination to clasp the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) successful abeyance, helium said, remained successful force.
No authoritative connection of the grant is publically disposable connected the website of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), which acts arsenic secretariat to the CoA. So the details of the pondage grant were unavailable. The astir caller property merchandise listed determination is dated May 11, 2026 which announced the decision of a three-day proceeding held connected April 28 connected Pakistan’s petition for interim measures and connected the presumption of the Treaty itself.
The CoA is simply a five-member arbitral sheet chaired by Prof. Sean D. Murphy, constituted successful January 2023. It was acceptable up astatine Pakistan’s petition aft Islamabad challenged the plan of India’s Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects. India has refused to participate, arguing that the method questions progressive autumn wrong the remit of a Neutral Expert appointed successful parallel by the World Bank
“In its August 2025 Award connected Issues of General Interpretation, the CoA ruled mostly successful Pakistan’s favour, restricting however India calculates permissible pondage for run-of-river plants and narrowing the plan latitude disposable nether the Treaty.
The Court astir precocious concluded a three-day proceeding connected April 28, 2026 connected Pakistan’s petition for interim measures and connected the presumption of the Treaty itself. A PCA property merchandise said Pakistan was represented by Acting Co-Agent Syed Haider Shah on with counsel including Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC and Prof. Philippa Webb KC, portion India did not respond to an invitation to enactment and did not appear.
India placed the IWT successful abeyance successful April 2025 pursuing the Pahalgam panic attack, successful which 26 civilians were killed successful Jammu and Kashmir.
