The case dates back to 1996, when Haryan filed an original lawsuit against the Pandjab at the Supreme Court. The decision on the action was delivered in favor of Haryana in 2002. Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court called Pandjab’s land details acquired for the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (Syl) act “by the steps”.
The bench, headed by the justice Bravai, reminded the pandjab that in the earlier case in 2017, the Top Court ordered the state to maintain the status of land on the land and real estate with the channel project. At that time, he plunged to the High Court at the High Court after the pandjab decided to cancel the project land and return them to farmers.
The Supreme Court also appointed the Minister of the Interior of the Union, the Chief Secretary of Pandjab and the CEO of Panjab as a receiver to report the ground situation in terms of land and real estate acquired for the channel project.
In 2016, the Constitutional Bench allocated the 2004 Pandjab Act, which “unilaterally” ended the 1981 water sharing contract between Pandjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Syl channel was the product of the 1981 agreement. The purpose of the agreement was to re -allocate the waters of Ravi and Beas in the “total national interest and optimal use of waters”.
On Tuesday, the Top Court urged Pandjab and Haryan to work with the center to find a friendly solution to their mutual dispute over water sharing and the construction of a canal.
The court stated that the case would be re -listed on August 13, unless the States and the Center were able to find a solution.
The bench further explained that its order to be acquired land was related to the construction of the main channel Syl.
“The dispute in court is with regard to the main channel Syl. The dispute does not concern the internal network of the channel to be built by the pandjab for distribution in the pandjab. Therefore, we explain that the state of QUO will only apply to landjas required for the air.
The case dates back to 1996, when Haryan filed an original lawsuit against the Pandjab at the Supreme Court. The decision on the action was issued in favor of Haryana in 2002.
The original lawsuit filed Haryan against Pandjab in 1996. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Haryana in 2002 and ordered the pandjab to complete its part of the Syl channel per year. Two years later, in 2004, the Top Court repeated the decision and ordered the creation of a central agency to “take control” of Pandjáb’s work on the channel.
Published – May 6, 2025 02:07
