New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved hearing on the review petition filed by Kerala government on the apex court’s Mullaperiyar verdict.
The court on Wednesday reserved the plea for a week due to the absence of some of the members of the Constitution Bench under Chief Justice R M Lodha when the plea came up before it.
In its review petition filed on June 30, Kerala had sought review of the apex court’s May 7 verdict that had declared the state’s Dam Safety Act unconstitutional and allowed Tamil Nadu to raise the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam.
It was a five-member Constitution Bench, comprising Justice R M Lodha, Justice H L Dattu, Justice Chandramauli K R Prasad, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice M Y Iqbal - which heard the case for around a month. The hearing began on July 23, 2013 and concluded by August 21, 2013.
In its May 7 verdict, the apex court quashed the amendments to the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act 2006 and allowed Tamil Nadu to raise the water level from 136 ft to 142 ft.