India will continue to supply weapons to Israel. India’s Supreme Court has rejected a motion to limit India’s arms sales and military aid to Israel in the Gaza Strip.
“The Supreme Court cannot interfere in the country’s foreign policy. Indian companies exporting weapons to Israel will be held accountable for breach of contractual obligations if they stop the supply,” reads the statement on the court’s official website.
In India, it is only the government that has such rights. “Upon passing the plaintiffs’ motion, the Supreme Court will be forced to rule against Israel, which is an independent sovereign state and not subject to the jurisdiction of Indian courts,” reads the Supreme Court’s decision.
A number of Indian politicians and public figures submitted a motion demanding restrictions on arms supplies to Israel. The authors of the motion urged the Supreme Court to recommend that the Indian government not grant new licenses to domestic companies to export arms and military equipment to Israel.
“That state is guilty of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, and therefore the export of Indian arms would be a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” the authors of the motion noted.
