17 Jan 2024| 05:27am ISTMhadei hearing in SC: Goa's legal delegation heads to New DelhiTeam HeraldPANJIM: Goa’s legal team and consultants for Mhadei river dispute, on Tuesday, left for New Delhi as Supreme Court has listed Goa’s matter for hearing on Wednesday morning. The matter is likely to come up for hearing before the bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta. Since November last year, Goa’s two contempt petitions have been listed for hearing before the Apex Court, but are yet to come up for hearing. The Goa government had filed contempt petitions in 2018 and 2019 against the Karnataka government for illegally diverting Mhadei river water for its Kalasa and Bhandura nala project. Besides this, the three riparian States ie Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra have filed special leave petitions (SLP) challenging the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal’s award over allocation of water.

Source: The Herald January 16, 2024 20:02 UTC