NEW DELHI: The Haryana government as of late moved the Supreme Court in the hunt for early listening to within the matter associated with its row with Punjab over the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
The matter used to be mentioned earlier than a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.
The bench asked Haryana's counsel to way the apex court docket registry for record of the matter earlier than an acceptable bench.
The apex court docket had earlier granted the Centre time to explore the opportunity of an amicable way to the SYL canal row between Punjab and Haryana.
On July 11, the apex court docket said it used to be obligatory for Punjab and Haryana to respect and execute its orders on the SYL canal issue.
The controversial 1981 water-sharing agreement came into being after Haryana used to be carved out of Punjab in 1966. For effective allocation of water, the SYL canal link used to be conceptualised and each states had been required to build their parts inside their territories.
Haryana built the portion of SYL canal in its territory. However, Punjab, after the preliminary segment, stopped the work, resulting in a spate of litigations.
In 2004, the Congress government within the state came out with the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act so to terminate the 1981 agreement and all different pacts on the subject of sharing waters of the Ravi and Beas rivers.
The apex court docket had first decreed Haryana's suit in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing within the case.
Punjab had challenged the verdict via filing an unique suit that used to be rejected in 2004 via the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to take over the rest infrastructure work of the SYL canal challenge.
The matter used to be mentioned earlier than a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.
The bench asked Haryana's counsel to way the apex court docket registry for record of the matter earlier than an acceptable bench.
The apex court docket had earlier granted the Centre time to explore the opportunity of an amicable way to the SYL canal row between Punjab and Haryana.
On July 11, the apex court docket said it used to be obligatory for Punjab and Haryana to respect and execute its orders on the SYL canal issue.
The controversial 1981 water-sharing agreement came into being after Haryana used to be carved out of Punjab in 1966. For effective allocation of water, the SYL canal link used to be conceptualised and each states had been required to build their parts inside their territories.
Haryana built the portion of SYL canal in its territory. However, Punjab, after the preliminary segment, stopped the work, resulting in a spate of litigations.
In 2004, the Congress government within the state came out with the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act so to terminate the 1981 agreement and all different pacts on the subject of sharing waters of the Ravi and Beas rivers.
The apex court docket had first decreed Haryana's suit in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing within the case.
Punjab had challenged the verdict via filing an unique suit that used to be rejected in 2004 via the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to take over the rest infrastructure work of the SYL canal challenge.
Haryana moves SC seeking early hearing of Satluj-Yamuna Link row
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