The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that all three appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the final orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal be listed for hearing in the third week of October.
The Tamil Nadu government has filed an application in the Supreme Court for a direction to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to take up for hearing the petitions seeking ‘guidance and explanation' on the final order passed by the tribunal in February 2007 under Section 5 (3) of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act and dispose of the same at an early date. It is to be mentioned on Thursday for early listing.
Punjab says flooding due to bundh will be grave “nuisance”
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on Punjab's application to restrain Haryana from strengthening the Ghaggar river bundh . Punjab filed this application in its main suit opposing construction of the Hansi-Butana canal.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till February 29, 2012, the tenure of the Empowered Committee headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand to go into certain issues in the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended to the Supreme Court that it extend the ban on mining in the districts of Tumkur and Chitradurga in Karnataka, as was done in Bellary district.
The Supreme Court, which earlier suspended mining operations in the Bellary area, on Friday partially lifted the ban and allowed the public sector National Mineral Development Corporation to undertake mining in two leases to cater for the domestic market.
In its response to a petition filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India, the Centre said that long-term use of the pesticidewas unlikely to present public health concern. The Centre made it clear that Endosulfan was not the reason behind health problems in Kasaragod in Kerala.
The Kerala government, while justifying the need for a new Mullaperiyar dam, has submitted to the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee, a feasibility report, which establishes that topograph
The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that private hospitals in the Capital would have to treat patients referred by government hospitals free of charge and claim reimbursement from the Delhi G
