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Writ Petition(Civil) No.512/2002

"IN RE : NETWORKING OF RIVERS"

Date : 30/09/2002 This Petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

• HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.G. BALAKRISHNAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT
• Amicus Curiae Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. For Respondent (s) Union of India Mr. Soli J Sorabjee, Attorney General
• Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Adv. Mr. S N Terdol, Adv. State of Assam Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv.
• Ms. Asha G Nair, Adv. for M/s. Corporate Law Group, Advs.
• State of Arunachal Mr. Anil Shrivastav, Adv. Pradesh Mr. Jyoti Dutt, Adv.
• State of Bihar Ms. Sunita R Singh, Adv. Mr. B B Singh, Adv.
• State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Ms. Anu Dubey, Adv.
• State of H.P. Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, Adv.
• State of Jharkhand Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv.
• State of Kerala Mr. K R Sasiprabhu, Adv.
• State of Karnataka Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Adv.
• State of Mizoram Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Ms. Anu Dubey, Adv. State of Manipur Mr.Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, Adv.
• State of M.P. Mr. B S Banthia, Adv. Mr. T S Chaudhary, Adv.

State of Nagaland Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Ms. V.D. Khanna, Adv. State of Punjab Mr. R S Suri, Adv. State of Rajasthan Ms. Sandhya Goswami, Adv. State of Sikkim Mr. A Mariarputham, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur and Mr. Anurag D Mathur, Advs. for M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co., Advs. State of Tripura Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. State of U.P. Mr. Ajay K Agrawal, Adv. Mr. K L Janjani, Adv. Mr. C Siddharth, Adv. State of Uttaranchal Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. State of West Bengal Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. for NCT of Delhi0 Mr. Y P Mahajan, Adv. Mr. D S Mahra, Adv. Mr. D N Goburdhan, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Ms. Geeta Luthra, Adv. NCR Planning Bd. Ms. Sheil Sethi, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R ..............L......I....T.....T.....T.....T.....T.....T.....T......J.R .SP2 Learned Amicus Curiae has drawn our attention to Entry 56 List I of the 7th Schedule to the Constitution of India and contends that the interlinking of the inter-State rivers can be done by the Parliament and he further contends that even some of the States are now concerned with the phenomena of drought in one part of the country, while there is flood in the other parts and disputes are arising amongst the egalitarian States relating to sharing of water. He submits that not only these disputes would come to an end but also the pollution levels in the rivers willl be drastically ...3/- .PA :3: decreased, once there is sufficient water in different rivers because of their interlinking. Response to the petition by the Union of India and the States be filed by 28th October, 2002. To come up on 31st October, 2002.

Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Advocate on Record is appointed as Amicus Curiae to assist Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Senior Advocate appointed as Amicus Curiae in this matter.

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