Supreme Court of India

State of Karnataka v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 301

Bench S.B. Majmudar, G.B. Pattanaik, V.N. Khare, Rp. Sethi and Umesh C. Banerjee JJ.

Decided 25 April 2000

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the plaintiff has failed to produce any materials in support of the aforesaid two issues.

Judgment, page 97

From the headnote

Constitution of India, Articles 131, 262 r/w Inter-State Water Disputes Act 1956, Ss. 4, 5(2) and (3), 6, 6- -lnter-State water dispute-Krishna River Basin-Sharing of Water.r between riparian States of Kamataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra-Disputes refen-ed to Tribunal-Tribunal giving report in December, 1973 incorporating Final Order-Upon references made by the States under S. 5(3) Tribunal giving further report in May, 1976 containing modified Final Order-In both reports two schemes evolved Scheme making mass allocation inf avour of three states of dependable flow at 75% which was 2060

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2023 Thiru K. Palaniswamy v. M. Shanmugam & Ors. referred to
2017 Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2016 State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2011 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned

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