The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a writ petition by a society seeking reallocation of about 70 TMC of Cauvery water from Tamil Nadu’s share to Karnataka’s, observing that the inter-State dispute is already being contested by the two States before the appropriate forums. If it began entertaining a society’s petition on a dispute between two States, the Court said, there would be no end. The Court, itself seized of the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu proceedings, dismissed the plea.
Supreme Court Declines Immediate Order on Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery Water Release Plea In a significant move concerning the longstanding water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the Supreme Court has chosen not to issue any immediate directive on Tamil Nadu’s plea. The southern state had appealed for the release of 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water […]
