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Equitable Apportionment applicable even where the natural flow is “extremely low”; SCOTUS dismisses Mississippi’s absolute ownership claim on its underground water

Supreme Court of the United States: While addressing inter-state water dispute between Mississippi and Tennessee, the Full Bench held that Mississippi’s ownership

Op Eds OP. ED.

A perpetual tussle over Water Resources: An inevitable need for Inter-State mediation in Inter-State Water Disputes

by Iram Majid†

Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 19

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Centre to apprise SC on steps taken to set up Cauvery Management Board by May 8

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ directed Centre to apprise it

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Cauvery Water Dispute: Karnataka gets additional 14.75 TMC of water in light of availability of groundwater in Tamil Nadu

Supreme Court: Deciding the Cauvery Water Dispute that reportedly travels beyond 100 years, the bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Amitava Roy

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Cauvery Dispute: Sections 6(2) and 11 of Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 does not bar the jurisdiction of Supreme Court under Article 136

Supreme Court: In the Cauvery Water Dispute where the issue relating to referring the matter to the Tribunal was concerned, the 3-judge

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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry to nominate representative for constitution of Cauvery Management Board by tomorrow

Supreme Court: With regard to the constitution of the “Cauvery Management Board”, the Court directed the States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and

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Cauvery Water Dispute: State of Karnataka directed to release 6000 cusecs of water despite the resolution passed by the Karnataka Assembly

Supreme Court: The Court directed the State of Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water from tomorrow i.e. 28.09.2016 till the next