IWT: India rejects ‘so-called’ arbitration award as ‘null and void’ | India Information
2 min learnNew DelhiMight 16, 2026 09:28 PM IST
India on Saturday rejected the “so-called award” issued on Might 15 by the “illegally constituted so-called” Courtroom of Arbitration (CoA) relating to disputes with Pakistan over the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).
Responding to media queries, Ministry of Exterior Affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned: “The illegally constituted so-called Courtroom of Arbitration (CoA) has, on 15 Might, 2026, issued what it termed an award regarding most pondage supplemental to the award on problems with common interpretation of the Indus Waters Treaty.”
“India categorically rejects the current so-called award, simply because it has firmly rejected all prior pronouncements of the illegally constituted CoA,” Jaiswal mentioned.
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— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) Might 16, 2026
He mentioned India has by no means recognised the institution of this “so-called” CoA. “Any continuing, award, or resolution issued by it’s null and void. India’s resolution to carry the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance stays in pressure,” he mentioned.
The IWT was signed on September 19, 1960 after 9 years of negotiations between India and Pakistan. The treaty has 12 Articles and eight Annexures (from A to H). As per the provisions of the treaty, all of the water of “Jap Rivers”— Sutlej, Beas and Ravi — shall be accessible for “unrestricted use” of India. Pakistan shall obtain water from “Western Rivers”— Indus, Jhelum and Chenab.
In January 2023, India issued a discover to Pakistan in search of a “modification” of the treaty. This was the primary such discover within the greater than six a long time of the IWT’s existence.
India upped the ante in September 2024 by issuing one other formal discover to Islamabad, this time in search of the “assessment and modification” of the IWT. The phrase “assessment”, in response to specialists, successfully alerts New Delhi’s intent to revoke and renegotiate the treaty, which can flip 65 this yr. India determined to maintain the IWT in abeyance after the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, by which terrorists killed 26 individuals and injured one other 10.
