AP Petition On Brijesh Kumar Tribunal's Verdict Transferred To Special Bench
27 July 2026 4:37 PM IST27 July 2026 4:37 PM IST
The petition was heard by a bench headed by Justice Surya Kant. However, as the petition needed hearing in an elaborate manner, the bench said that it would be transferred to a special bench and adjourned it to September first week
The Supreme Court rejected Karnataka government's appeal seeking interim orders and made it clear there is no need for such orders. — PTI
Vijayawada: The Supreme Court on Monday heard the Andhra Pradesh government’s plea challenging the central government’s 2023 notification on Krishna river water sharing and listed the case for next hearing in the first week of September.
A bench headed by chief justice Surya Kant observed, “I will not see the exit door before deciding this case. I am in the process of having seven judges now. But this case is before three judges, so we will list before a combination that can take it up at the earliest.”
The apex court heard the long-pending dispute between AP, Telangana and the Centre, which earlier referred the post-bifurcation Krishna river water sharing dispute to the Krishna water disputes tribunal (KWDT-II).
AP’s senior counsel argued that the Centre’s 2023 notification was contrary to the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 and contended that it could not unilaterally reopen or alter the mechanism governing Krishna water allocation after bifurcation.
The state argued that its existing rights and allocations should not be diluted and maintained that the AP Reorganisation Act 2024 was providing the legal mechanism for sharing Krishna river waters between AP and Telangana; and that section 89 of the act, governs the division of the 811tmc allocated to the undivided state.
AP noted that the Centre’s 2023 notification would override the statutory scheme enacted by the Parliament and submitted that the Centre could not create a parallel adjudication mechanism through a fresh reference.
However, the Centre defended its 2023 notification saying that it acted under the provisions of Inter-State Water Disputes Act to facilitate adjudication of unresolved issues between AP and Telangana.
Telangana supported the Centre’s notification by arguing that the fresh adjudication was necessary because the dispute arose after the bifurcation of the erstwhile AP and involved issues not covered by earlier allocations.
The apex court heard the submissions from the parties and did not pass any interim order.
The Krishna water sharing dispute gained significance as it dealt with the legality of the Centre’s decision to refer post-bifurcation Krishna water-sharing issues to KWDT-II and any decision would affect the future allocation of Krishna river water between AP and Telangana.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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