The Supreme Court Judgement yesterday ie. on 20.09.2016 in Cauvery water row has been the most cruel. One cannot help coming to an inference that it is arbitrary simply because the Judgement lack any reason or basis. The most vexed and sensitive issue was handled by the top court in a cavalier manner. The speed and ease with which this case was dealt smacks of prejudice and gives one an impression if this is premeditated judgement.
The direction to the center to form a body to administer the dams and its water is most unexpected and unsolicited and gives it an aroma of partisanship. The judgement has delivered injustice to Karnataka. The government would do well to appeal to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to transfer the case to a larger constitutional bench and review the order of the three member bench. The other options for the government could be on a political and diplomatic level. The government of Karnataka is in a most unenviable position on one side fighting the case and on the other maintaining law and order. It has got to align with and respond to the expectations of the people of Karnataka and at the same time perform the duties of the state under constitutional scheme of things and judicial obligations. It is "between the rock and a hard place".
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