Jammu, Aug. 31 -- India has flatly rejected the latest ruling delivered by the Court of Arbitration - the world's oldest forum for resolving international disputes - over the Indus Waters Treaty, going a step further to reject the tribunal's legitimacy altogether.
The Ministry of External Affairs made its position unambiguous: India has not merely dismissed the verdict, it has refused to recognise the court's authority to rule on the matter at all. No international body, the ministry asserted, holds jurisdiction over India's sovereign decisions. The ruling in question, issued on Monday, addressed the status of the Indus Waters Treaty and associated interim measures.
In a strongly worded statement, the ministry declared that this "so-calle...