· Pakistan
and India did a better job of resolving
their water dispute than states within
India have done.
· India was able to
secure the unrestricted use of Ravi, Sutlej and Beas in the Indus Waters Treaty only by
making the case that these waters were essential for the irrigation of arid regions of undivided eastern Punjab,
including territory that is now Haryana and Rajasthan.
·In one of its orders on
the Cauvery row, the SC had said that when a state takes unilateral steps in its favour in a dispute with another
states, the action forebodes evil consequences to the federal structure, as it will lead to the breakdown of the constitutional mechanism and affect the unity and integrity of the nation.
· At
the heart of the issue is the political game over river waters that have taken precedence over the rule of law.
· Every
time the judiciary- dragged into the scene by litigious states - has tried to emphasize that the law should gain priority over politics, it has found its authority challenged by state governments. As during the recent Cauvery controversy, the apex court this time has drawn-attention to the fact that a party to the litigation
cannot through legislation do an act in conflict with the judgment of the highest court which has attained finality.
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