<p> Karnataka is planning to file a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking its direction to restrain the Centre from constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The State government is examining the Karnataka legal team's suggestion to file a petition in the Apex Court to prevent the Ministry of Water Resources from going ahead with setting up the Board,” sources told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who held a meeting with Karnataka MPs to discuss the future course of action on the Cauvery issue here on Wednesday, sought the co-operation of the State’s leaders in New Delhi in preventing the constitution of the CMB. <br /><br />Noting that constituting the CMB would be a major blow to the State, Shettar said, instead of a body of officials, the Centre should constitute a committee headed by the prime minister with representations from all Cauvery basin states. The chief minister also met the State’s legal team on the Cauvery issue, headed by Fali S Nariman, and held a detailed discussion over the matter.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters, Shettar said leaders from the State in New Delhi should exert pressure on the Centre not to constitute the CMB.<br /></p>
<p> Karnataka is planning to file a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking its direction to restrain the Centre from constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) to implement the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The State government is examining the Karnataka legal team's suggestion to file a petition in the Apex Court to prevent the Ministry of Water Resources from going ahead with setting up the Board,” sources told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who held a meeting with Karnataka MPs to discuss the future course of action on the Cauvery issue here on Wednesday, sought the co-operation of the State’s leaders in New Delhi in preventing the constitution of the CMB. <br /><br />Noting that constituting the CMB would be a major blow to the State, Shettar said, instead of a body of officials, the Centre should constitute a committee headed by the prime minister with representations from all Cauvery basin states. The chief minister also met the State’s legal team on the Cauvery issue, headed by Fali S Nariman, and held a detailed discussion over the matter.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters, Shettar said leaders from the State in New Delhi should exert pressure on the Centre not to constitute the CMB.<br /></p>
