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Constitution Bench to hear validity of Punjab law

New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear on September 18 the Presidential reference, made in 2004, on the validity of Punjab’s Act terminating its water agreements with the neighbouring States on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal.

The President also sought the court’s opinion on whether the Act discharged the State from its two judgments directing the construction of the canal.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices R.V. Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari fixed the date for the hearing by the Constitution Bench.

Punjab asserted that its obligation in implementation of the SYL canal project stood discharged under this law. “The Act of 2004 does not disturb the existing actual utilisation by Haryana and Rajasthan of 1.62 million acre feet (MAF) and by Rajasthan of 7.2 MAF for drinking water supplies of 0.2 MAF to the National Capital Territory of Delhi.”

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