NEW DELHI: With the Karnataka assembly polls out of the way in which, the Centre in spite of everything met the much deferred deadline and submitted the draft Cauvery scheme to the Supreme Court on Monday for implementing the court docket's February 16 judgment allocating river water to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Attorney common Ok Ok Venugopal submitted the scheme however stated the Centre had left the christening of the body set as much as supervise Cauvery water sharing to the apex court docket. "The name of the authority is a very sensitive issue in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The guidance and direction of the SC is therefore sought as far as name of the authority is concerned," the AG stated. Water sources secretary U P Singh used to be also found in court docket.
The deadline for framing the scheme had ended on March 31, but the Centre behind schedule filing the scheme to the SC, with political circles viewing the procrastination as planned and reflective of the BJP leadership's reluctance to harass the voters in Karnataka which has feuded with neighbouring Tamil Nadu over Cauvery waters.
A bench of CJI Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud on Monday stated the court docket would now not cross into some other spherical of litigation over the legality of Cauvery scheme framed by the Centre. "We will only examine whether the scheme is in conformity with our judgment or not," the CJI stated. The bench invited views from the four states and posted the subject for listening to on Thursday.
The draft scheme talked about setting up of an expert, which might body tips for sharing river water.
Attorney common Ok Ok Venugopal submitted the scheme however stated the Centre had left the christening of the body set as much as supervise Cauvery water sharing to the apex court docket. "The name of the authority is a very sensitive issue in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The guidance and direction of the SC is therefore sought as far as name of the authority is concerned," the AG stated. Water sources secretary U P Singh used to be also found in court docket.
The deadline for framing the scheme had ended on March 31, but the Centre behind schedule filing the scheme to the SC, with political circles viewing the procrastination as planned and reflective of the BJP leadership's reluctance to harass the voters in Karnataka which has feuded with neighbouring Tamil Nadu over Cauvery waters.
A bench of CJI Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud on Monday stated the court docket would now not cross into some other spherical of litigation over the legality of Cauvery scheme framed by the Centre. "We will only examine whether the scheme is in conformity with our judgment or not," the CJI stated. The bench invited views from the four states and posted the subject for listening to on Thursday.
The draft scheme talked about setting up of an expert, which might body tips for sharing river water.
Karnataka election over, government submits draft Cauvery scheme to Supreme Court
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