the 2004 Punjab Act +all water agreements the state had +Punjab water termination law of 2004 +Punjab Cong MLAs sent resignations to Amarinder Singh,will submit to speaker in personal capacity tomorrow:Bharat Bhushan,Dy CLP leader #SYL pic.twitter.com/UPB42fm74M— ANI (@ANI_news) November 10, 2016NEW DELHI: In a setback to the Punjab government , the Supreme Court on Thursday scrappedthat was passed to endwith its neighbours.Declaring the act unconstitutional, the top court said Punjab cannot unilaterally wriggle out of an agreement involving other states.The court held thatwas not in sync with the 2003 SC judgment.It directed Punjab to construct the remaining part of SYL canal as per the 2003 judgment of the apex court to supply Harayana its share of water.After the Supreme Court directed completion of SYL canal in 2003, the then Amarinder Singh government had moved a Bill to terminate all water agreements with the nei9ghbouring states.The Bill was passed by the Punjab Assembly.Reacting to the SC verdict Punjab Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh announced that he will resign as MP in protest against the verdict.

Source: Times of India November 10, 2016 10:44 UTC