New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India today rejected the ruling of the "so-called Court of Arbitration" on the Indus Waters Treaty, saying it has never accepted its legality or legitimacy and therefore its pronouncements have no bearing on India's right of utilisation of the Indus waters.
India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, referring to the August 8 ruling of the Court of Arbitration that asked India to comply with provisions of the IWT, said:
"India has never accepted the legality, the legitimacy or the competency of the so-called Court of Arbitration.
"Its pronouncements are therefore without jurisdiction, devoid of legal standing, and have no bearing on India's rights of utilisation of the waters.
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