The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition by an AIADMK Whip challenging the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s June resolution on the Mekedatu Dam, specifically the portion urging the Centre to constitute a fresh inter-State water tribunal, on the ground that it was incorporated without being separately moved and voted. The Court held that Article 212 of the Constitution bars courts from questioning the validity of legislative proceedings on the ground of an alleged procedural irregularity, and that no exception was made out.
Today, On 13th November, The Supreme Court declined to intervene in Karnataka’s Mekedatu Reservoir Project along the Cauvery river, with a bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai dismissing Tamil Nadu’s appeal, which claimed the project could reduce its allocated share of Cauvery water.
