Date:13/09/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/09/13/stories/2002091306080101.htm

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SC hearing on T.N.'s plea

By J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI Sept. 12. The Supreme Court today directed the listing for tomorrow of an application filed by Tamil Nadu for a direction to quash the `ad hoc' decision of the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, heading the Cauvery River Authority in asking Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily to the Mettur reservoir.

A Bench, comprising Justice G.B. Pattanaik and Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, directed the application to be listed before a three-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice B.N. Kirpal (subject to his availability tomorrow) after counsel for Tamil Nadu pleaded for an early hearing.