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reaty as invalidating its consent to be bound by the treaty if the error relates to a fact or situation which was assumed by that State to exist at the time when the treaty was concluded and formed an essential basis of its consent to be bound by the treaty” [30] .

Fourthly the 1983 legislative elections won by Maulvi Farooq of the Awami Action Committee he demanded autonomy, Mrs. Gandhi intervened in the domestic politics of the state and dismissed Abdullah’s government in 1984 [31] .

Sixthly, India once again carried out nuclear tests in series 11-13 May 1998 and thus non proliferation regime becomes irrelevant in wake of these tests. Kargil war during May to July 1999 undermined the Indo-Pak relations. Kargil war was a miscalculation and misadventure by Pakistan; it defamed and isolated Pakistan in international community.

Seventhly, the principle of self-determination stipulates the right of every nation to be a sovereign territorial state. The principle of Self-Determination is commonly used to justify the aspirations of minority ethnic groups. Article 1(2) of the Charter of the United Nations and almost all international human rights treaties i.e. the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights. The people of Kashmir under these legal instruments qualify the criteria to decide according to their own wishes that is plebiscite.

India’s hegemonic role in South Asia and policy on Kashmir is better understood by assertion made by Hans Morgenthau’s about hegemonic powers that the constant pursuit of power is considered central to explaining state behavior and the existence of a balance of power is regarded as a necessary condition for international law. E. H. Carr argued that law within states was a reflection of the ‘policy and interests of the dominant group in a given state at a given period’ [32] .

After the failure of bilateralism, mediation and the rejection of various conflict resolution prototypes, the International Law provides the solutions to accomplish settlement that is third party, as arbitrator and or judicial means of settlement of disputes by involving International Court of Justice. Judicial decision backed by binding nature of UN Security Council Sanctions may resolve the conflict. Ethical deliberation informs political action in which actors seek to license their interests and actions in terms of prevailing norms of legitimate agency and rightful conduct. NATO’s statement at the outset of the bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) is an example of such political action. When NATO declared that its ‘military action against FRY supports the political aims of the international community: a peaceful, multi-ethnic and democratic Kosovo in which all its people can live in security and enjoy universal human rights and freedoms on an equal basis [33] ’, it was engaging in instrumental political deliberation, and on launching its air campaign it was engaging in strategic political action.

Finally, it is recommended that the international community must remind India that if it would like to be recognized as a global player and wants to secure permanent seat in UNSC, then it must assume a greater responsibility respecting international legal norms and maintaining international security.