"Don't Compel Us...": Supreme Court Warns Punjab In Sutlej-Yamuna Canal Row
NDTV
A bench of justices SK Kaul, CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia also told the centre to take over and complete pre-construction land surveys and re-listed the matter for January.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reprimanded the Punjab government for ignoring a 21-year-old direction to construct its side of a canal linking the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers, and warned the ruling Aam Aadmi Party to comply with its orders on pain of further action. A bench led by Justice SK Kaul told the Punjab government it "has to accept maryada (decorum) of the Supreme Court". ਅਸੀਂ ਸੁਪਰੀਮ ਕੋਰਟ ਦੇ ਹਰ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਦਾ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਪਰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਲ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਕੋਈ ਪਾਣੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਅਸੀਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਪਾਣੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੇ ਸਕਦੇ।ਮੇਰੀ @BhagwantMann ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਅਪੀਲ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵਧੀਆ ਤੋਂ ਵਧੀਆ ਵਕੀਲ ਆਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਰੱਖਣ ਲਈ ਸੁਪਰੀਮ ਕੋਰਟ ਭੇਜੇ ਜਾਣੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ।…
The court told Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's administration "... don't compel us to issue tough orders", and directed the centre to oversee talks between Punjab and the Haryana governments on this topic; the latter has completed construction of its half of the canal.
A bench that also included Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia also told the centre to take over and complete pre-construction land surveys and re-listed the matter for January.
