New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday warned the two states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to ensure that neither agitation nor shutdowns take place after an order is passed by this court and the order has to be complied with.
A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Uday Lalit passed this interim order on a public interest writ petition filed by a social activist for court’s intervention to control large scale violence in Karnataka and a few incidents in Tamil Nadu following an order passed by the apex court on September 5 which was modified on September 12.
The Bench slammed both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for their failure to stop people from taking to the agitation path after its order on Cauvery water sharing and said it hoped wisdom will prevail over both states to maintain peace, calm, order and harmony and above all dignity and respect for law.
When advocate Adish C. Agarwala appearing for the petitioner P. Sivakumar informed the court that rail roko was being observed in Karnataka on Thursday and a bandh is to be observed in Tamil nadu on Friday, the Bench said the shutdowns and agitations could not be allowed pursuant to the apex court orders.
The Bench called additional advocate general for TN, Subramanium Prasad and said “We expect the state governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to maintain their dignity and respect for rule of law. We reiterate that neither bandhs nor agitations can take place after the Supreme Court has passed an order. Our order has to be complied with. Convey this to your government today (Thursday) itself.”
