State Of Tamil Nadu Public Works Department Through The Secretary vs. The State Of Karnataka Government Of Karnataka . By Its Chief Secretary

ITEM NO.6 COURT NO.4 SECTION XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 2453/2007

STATE OF KARNATAKA Appellant(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF T.NADU & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With appln.(s) for directions, intervention, modification of court's order, revocation, directions, early hearing, permission to file additional documents, directions, directions, taking on record the additional affidavit, directions, taking on record additional documents and office report)

WITH

C.A. No. 2454/2007 (With appln.(s) for directions and stay and directions and Office Report) C.A. No. 2456/2007 (With appln.(s) for modification of court's order and permission to file additional documents and directions and modification of court's order and intervention and intervention and modification of court's order and directions and directions and directions and directions and directions and directions and directions and Office Report)

Date : 19/10/2016 This appeal was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR

Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.

Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv. Mr. Manu Srinath, Adv. Ms. Anindita Mitra, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Rajesh Mahale, AOR Mr. A.S. Nambiar, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. P.K. Manohar, Adv. Mr. Shanta Vashdhuan, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG Mr. S. Wasim A Qadri, Adv. Ms. Madhvi Diwan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv. Mr. Ansh Singh Luthra, Adv. Ms. Snidha Mehra, Adv. Ms. Kiran Seth, Adv. Ms. Somya Rathore, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. dv. Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. G. Umapathy, Adv. Mr. C. Paramasivam, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Pankaj Kumr Mishra, Adv. Mr. A. S. Bhasme, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Ms. Aparna Bhat, Adv. Mr. Joshita Pai, Adv. Mr. P. Raman, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Heard Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned Attorney General for India appearing for the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, Mr. F.S. Nariman, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Karnataka, Mr. Shekhar Naphade, learned senior counsel appearing

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for the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. A.S. Nambiar, learned senior counsel appearing for the Union Territory of Puducherry and Mr. Jaideep Gupta, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Kerala.

Hearing on issue of maintainability was resumed and stands closed.

Judgment reserved.

The interim order passed on earlier occasion shall continue. Written notes of submissions shall be filed by 24.10.2016.

(Gulshan Kumar Arora) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Court Master