The Centre will soon appoint Justice B.S. Chauhan, a
Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes
Tribunal to take up pending applications.
The
tribunal has been without Chairman since April 2012, when Justice N.P.
Singh resigned on health grounds who was appointed a few days
before his superannuation as a Supreme Court judge in December 1996.
The present Chief Justice, P. Sathasivam, recommended
the name of Justice Chauhan, who is due to retire on July 1 this year.
He has accepted the offer. The Ministry of Water
Resources has completed the process of appointment and sent the file to
the Union Law Ministry for issuing a notification
Note
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal was constituted on June 2, 1990.
By an
interim award issued on June 25, 1991, it directed Karnataka to release
205 tmcft each year to Tamil Nadu. Of this quantum, Tamil Nadu was to
release 6 tmcft to Puducherry.
The Cauvery River Authority was
constituted in 1998 to ensure proper implementation of the interim
award.
After holding sittings for more than 500
days, over 17 years, the tribunal gave its final award in February 2007.
For Tamil Nadu, the tribunal recommended 419 tmcft (against the demand
for 562 tmcft); Karnataka 270 tmcft (465 tmcft); Kerala 30 tmcft; and
Puducherry 7 tmcft. The actual release of water by Karnataka to Tamil
Nadu will be 192 tmcft a year. From it, Tamil Nadu will release 7 tmcft
to Puducherry.
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