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Legal team gathering data on water disputes

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Meetings held with officials of departments concerned

DISCUSSIONS: Fali S. Nariman, State's counsel in inter-State water disputes (right), meeting Water Resources Minister K.S. Eshwarappa in Bangalore on Saturday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

BANGALORE: The legal team representing the State in the Supreme Court on the Cauvery water dispute, apart from the Krishna water dispute before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, is on a three-day visit to Bangalore to gather information from the departments concerned.

Headed by eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman, who represented the state before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the team held a series of meetings with officials of the Water Resources and Law departments over the past two days.

he team has been eliciting views from the officials to effectively argue the State's case before the Supreme Court on the special leave petition filed by the Government challenging the tribunal award.

Water Resources Minister K.S. Eshwarappa met the team on Saturday. The team will hold consultations with senior government officials on Sunday too. The team comprises Sharad Jawali, Mohan V. Kataraki, Brijesh Kalappa and Shambu Prasad Singh, besides Mr. Nariman.

After the meeting, Mr. Eshwarappa told presspersons that the team was confident of securing justice in the dispute with Tamil Nadu.

"The petitions came up before a Division Bench comprising S.B. Sinha and Markandey Katju, which observed that important questions of law were involved in the matter. The Bench decided to place the petitions before the Chief Justice of India to be referred to a larger Bench.

The matter is likely to be heard after the Supreme Court vacation. The Nariman team also discussed various legal options available to the State to get its share in the Krishna waters.

The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, which heard the matter on May 18, is likely to hear the issue again between July 16 and 20.

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