The dictum is that India cannot unilaterally pull out of a mandatory international commitment, and its shenanigan of suspending the 1960 Indus Water Treaty is ultra vires. New Delhi's decision to suspend the flow of water down to lower riparian Pakistan, on the false pretext of its involvement in Pahalgam tragedy, was followed by aggression leading to a four-day military showdown.

Pakistan's thrust that the treaty is a "binding international instrument remains fully in force and cannot be suspended or violated" has been endorsed by........

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