SC defers Cauvery water plea to Aug 17 as judge recovers from viral fever
Justice Vikram Nath, who was to head the bench hearing Tamil Nadu’s plea seeking directions to Karnataka to release Cauvery water, fell ill
The Supreme Court has postponed until August 17 the hearing on Tamil Nadu's plea asking Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) decision on releasing Cauvery water. Justice Vikram Nath, who was to head the bench, has been recovering from viral fever. Chief Justice Surya Kant announced that the case will now come up before a bench led by Justice Nath, who is expected to resume work next week.
Tamil Nadu had sought directions to Karnataka for releasing water, citing the CWMA's recent order and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) directive to release 12,000 cusecs of water daily for 15 days. Karnataka has requested a deferral until the end of the monsoon or a reduction in the release from 12,000 cusecs to 10,000 cusecs per day, citing severe hydrological distress due to low reservoir inflows.
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