India's Ministry of External Affairs described the tribunal as a "so-called Court of Arbitration" that was "illegally constituted." It said the body had been established by the World Bank in breach of the treaty and that India "categorically rejects its so-called award, just as it has firmly rejected all prior pronouncements by this illegally constituted body."
"The Court of Arbitration has no jurisdiction whatsoever to pronounce on India's sovereign decisions," the ministry said.