India, Feb. 2 -- India has firmly rejected ongoing arbitration proceedings in The Hague under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), making it clear that it does not recognise the legitimacy of the Court of Arbitration (CoA) and will not participate in its hearings.

The stance comes even as the Hague-based court has scheduled fresh hearings for February 2-3 and ordered India to produce operational "pondage logbooks" from its Baglihar and Kishanganga hydroelectric projects as part of what it terms the "Second Phase on the Merits."

Government sources told NDTV that the CoA has been "illegally constituted" and is holding parallel proceedings despite a neutral expert process already being in place under the treaty.

"Since we do not recognise the l...