The
Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water
Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directing the
Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
A
bench of Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha and Prashant Kumar Mishra said it is
not inclined to entertain the plea of Tamil Nadu in which it has challenged the
decision of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) upholding the order
of the Committee on grounds that it is facing a drought-like situation due to
deficit in rainfall.
The bench said expert bodies like the CWMA and
Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) have considered all relevant aspects
like drought and deficit rainfall and passed the order and, therefore, it is not
inclined to interfere with the order directing Karnataka to release 5,000
cusecs of water.