Overview
- The Hague tribunal directed India to provide operational logbooks for the Kishenganga and Ratle hydro projects by February 9 or formally explain any refusal.
- India’s foreign ministry told the panel it will not comply with its directives or join the proceedings, describing the body as illegally constituted.
- Hearings at the Peace Palace are set for February 3 as the court moves into a second phase on the merits that seeks pondage records and other plant data.
- India has halted treaty-mandated hydrological data exchanges since April 2025 and ties any resumption of obligations to action on cross-border terrorism.
- Pakistan has cast the tribunal’s actions as a procedural win, and some analyses warn the prolonged suspension could intensify water-management risks.