NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed Tamil Nadu to file a fresh plea alleging that Karnataka was not giving its due share of the Cauvery water. A Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked for the counsel from Tamil Nadu to file a proper application in the regard, assuring the matter would be heard. TN alleged that Karnataka was under an obligation to give it 22.5 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) in the last 25 days, but had only released 16.85 TMC so far, prompting a substantial shortfall in supply.
The SC had directed Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till further orders on October 18, 2016, and asked the two governments to ensure peace and harmony. On October 1, Karnataka had moved a review petition in the apex court against its three orders on the issue and direction to the Centre to create the Cauvery Water Management Board. In its review petition, Karnataka said, “grave miscarriage of justice” had been caused to it following the three apex court orders of September 20, 27, and 30, by which it was directed to release water and the Centre was to constitute the Board by October 4.
The SC had even rapped Karnataka, on September 30, for its repeated “defiance” in flouting its orders for releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu , saying no one would know when the “wrath of the law” would fall on it.
