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Karnataka directed to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu; State weighs Supreme Court option
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Karnataka directed to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu; State weighs Supreme Court option
Karnataka has been ordered to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu under the CWMA mechanism set up after the Supreme Court upheld the tribunal's final award, and is weighing a further approach to the Court.
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Karnataka has been directed to release 6,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu under the Cauvery river-sharing mechanism, an order the State is considering challenging before the Supreme Court.
Water-sharing between the two States is overseen by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, bodies constituted after the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final award was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.
Inter-State river water disputes of this kind are placed outside the ordinary jurisdiction of courts and instead adjudicated under Article 262 of the Constitution and the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- Cauvery Water Management Authority
- Cauvery dispute
- Article 262
- Inter-State River Water Disputes Act
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How the exam will ask it
Prelims
- Cauvery Water Management Authority, Cauvery dispute, Article 262, Inter-State River Water Disputes Act
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Use as an example in KPSC answers (GS2 - Polity: inter-State river water disputes, Article 262).
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Answer before you reveal
With reference to the resolution of the Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, consider the following statements:
- The Cauvery Water Management Authority was constituted after the Supreme Court upheld the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final award in 2018.
- Inter-State river water disputes in India are kept outside the ordinary jurisdiction of courts under Article 262 of the Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: C — Both statements are correct. The CWMA was set up after the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict on the tribunal's final award, and Article 262 empowers Parliament to bar the jurisdiction of courts over inter-State river water disputes, given effect through the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
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