In Brief
This interlocutory application in a civil appeal concerning the Cauvery River water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka involved competing claims for water rights and questions of State compliance with Supreme Court orders. The Court directed Karnataka to release specified quantities of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as an interim measure, notwithstanding a legislative resolution passed by Karnataka. The Court appointed a technical team to assess ground reality in the Cauvery basin and ordered the matter to be listed for final hearing on 18 October 2016 to consider pending interlocutory applications and appeals alongside the team's report."
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