This paper addresses the issue of the Mullaperiyar Dam dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu with specific reference to the two judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of India on the matter. This paper attempts to examine the arguments, facts, and the judgment of the Court on each of the primary issues raised during the course of the dispute. The first case was filed by the Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum in 2001, wherein the Court adjudged the case in favour of the respondents, the State of Tamil Nadu. Consequently, due to certain developments, examined in the course of the second case, the State of Tamil Nadu filed a petition before the Supreme Court against Kerala in 2006 seeking relief for the actions on the part of the latter after the judgment in the first case. A Constitution Bench was constituted to adjudicate this case, which re-examined certain issues raised during the first case and conclusively laid down its decision in favour of Tamil Nadu.
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June 03 2015
The Supreme Court of India and Inter-State water dispute: an analysis of the judgments on Mullaperiyar Dam
M. P. Ram Mohan;
aCentre for Post Graduate Legal Studies, TERI University, 10 Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India
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Krittika Chavaly
Krittika Chavaly
bThe National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), NUALS Campus, H.M.T. Colony P.O. Kalamassery, Ernakulam 683503, Kerala
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Water Policy (2015) 17 (6): 1003–1018.
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Received:
September 30 2014
Accepted:
April 06 2015
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M. P. Ram Mohan, Krittika Chavaly; The Supreme Court of India and Inter-State water dispute: an analysis of the judgments on Mullaperiyar Dam. Water Policy 1 December 2015; 17 (6): 1003–1018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2015.194
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