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Cauvery dispute: SC to hear case on July 11

by IBNS 22 Mar 2017, 07:54 am

New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has fixed July 11 as the final hearing date of the ongoing Cauvery water dispute case, involving neighbouring states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, reports said.

A division bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A.M. Khanwilkar will hear the case for 15 consecutive working days, starting from July 11, a report in The Hindu read.

Meanwhile, the apex court has asked Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the report added.