Supreme Court of India

State of Tamil Nadu v. State of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 875

Bench Rajendra Mal Lodha J.

Decided 7 May 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Tamil Nadu is entitled to the reliefs as prayed in para 40 (i) and (ii) G of the suit.

Judgment, page 160

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 131- Inter-State water dispute - Mullaperiyar dam, a masonry dam, constructed across Periyar river pursuant to lease agreement dated 29- 10-1886 executed between Government of the Maharaja of Travancore and the Secretary of Sta"te for India - On coming into force of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, State of Travancore-Cochin was formed and State of Kera/a is its' successor-in-interest - State of Tamil Nadu is successor-in interest of the Governor in Council, Secretary of State for India - Dam situated at Thekkady District in Kera/a but owned and

Authorities it was built on

1990 V.R. Katarki v. State of Karnataka and Ors. cited by 35
2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr. cited by 34
2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 33
2007 I. R. Coelho (dead) by Lrs. v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 32
1969 Suri Prithvi Cotton Mills Ltd. & Anr. v. Broach Borough Municipality & Ors. cited by 24
1996 State of Tamil Nadu v. M/s. Arooran Sugars Ltd. cited by 20
1984 R. S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay cited by 19
1982 Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company v. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. and Another cited by 19
1951 Ramnandan Prasad Narayan Singh v. Mahanth Kapildeo Ram Jee and Another cited by 19
1963 Patel Gordhandas Hargovindas v. Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad cited by 18
1964 Gulabchand Chhotalal Parikh v. Siate of Bombay (now Gujarat) cited by 15
1991 The Matter Of: Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal v. - cited by 14
1996 Indian Aluminium Co. Etc. Etc. v. State of Kerala and Ors. cited by 13
2000 State of Bihar and Anr. v. Bal Mukund Sah and Ors. cited by 13
1978 Madan Mohan Pathak v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. cited by 12
1988 Doypack Systems Pvt. Ltd. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors., Etc. cited by 12
2003 N.D. Jayal and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 12
1999 Indira Sawhney v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 11
2003 Dharam Dutt and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 10
2001 Union of India v. Elplllnstone Spinning and Weaving Co. Ltd. & Ors. Etc. cited by 10
1976 I. N. Saksena v. The State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 6
2004 Virender Singh Hooda and Ors. v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 5
1970 Janapada Sabha, Chhindwara Etc. v. The Central Provinces Syndicate Ltd. and Anr. Etc. cited by 5
2006 Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum v. Union of India cited by 5
1986 P. Sambamurthy & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. cited by 5
1955 Maharaj Umeg Singh and Others v. The State of Bombay and Others. cited by 4
1990 Smt. Isabella Johnson v. M.A. Susai cited by 4
1985 M/s. Hindustan Gum & Chemicals Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Ors. cited by 3
1972 Hari Singh and Ors. v. The Military Estate Officer and Anr. cited by 3
1954 Virendra Singh and Others v. The State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 2
2011 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 2
1970 Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad, Etc. v. New Shorock Spg. & Wvg. Co., Ltd., Etc. cited by 1
1992 Vijay Mills C'ompany Limited Etc. Etc. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2018 The State of Karnataka & Ors. v. The Karnataka Pawn Brokers Assn. & Ors. relied on
2016 "in Re: the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act, 2004" v.. relied on
2022 The Secretary to Govt. of Kerala, Irrigation Department and Others v. James Varghese and Others followed
2019 Union of India v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. followed
2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another followed
2018 Medical Council of India v. State of Kerala & Ors. followed
2024 State of Himachal Pradesh and Others v. Yogendera Mohan Sengupta and Another referred to
2023 The Animal Welfare Board of India and Ors. v. Union of India & Anr referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2022 Dr. Joe Joseph & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2021 G. Mohan Rao & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2018 Union of India v. Nareshkumar Badrikumar Jagad & Ors. referred to
2018 State of Karnataka by its Chief Secretary v. State of T. N. by its Chief Secretary [dipak Misra, Cji] 829 the State of Karnataka by its Chief Secretarystate of Tamil Nadu by its Chief Secretary & Ors. referred to
2018 Russel Joy v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 followed · 9 referred to

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