Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 227
Bench G.B. Pattanaikand Ruma Pal J.
Decided 15 January 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that those submissions are of no consequence and there could not be any fetter on the power of this Court to issue appropriate directions.

Judgment, page 41

From the headnote

Inter State Water Disputes Act, 1956/Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966- r Sections 2(c), 1 I/Section 78-Bifurcation of erstwhile State of Punjab into two Stales, Punjab and Haryana, in 1966-Notification in March 1976 by c the Government of India allocating water to the plaintiff-State after an agreement with the State of Punjab-Haryana State unable to draw its allocated share of water through the existing Bhakra Main Line Canal- Proposal by the Haryana State for the construction of a new canal called Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL Canal) for full drawing of its allocated water-Agreement entered

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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