<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea made by the Union government for clarification as well as three additional months to implement the February 16 judgement for framing a scheme to ensure the sharing of Cauvery water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud posted the Centre's application for hearing on April 9 as a counsel referred to divergent views of the concerned states on the issue of setting up of the scheme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will take this matter on April 9 along with the plea of Tamil Nadu," the bench said, when the Centre's counsel Wasim Qadri sought urgent hearing of the plea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government had on Saturday sought three more months saying framing a scheme after the announcement of the Karnataka Assembly elections may create massive public outrage over there as it was an emotive issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also sought to know if the scheme to be framed under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act can be at variance from the Cauvery Management Board as recommended by the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal in its decision in 2007.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tamil Nadu government, for its part, claimed the Centre made a willful disobedience of the apex court's judgement on framing a scheme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It sought contempt action against Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha and Water Resources Ministry secretary U P Singh as the time frame of six weeks fixed by the top court expired on March 30.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea made by the Union government for clarification as well as three additional months to implement the February 16 judgement for framing a scheme to ensure the sharing of Cauvery water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud posted the Centre's application for hearing on April 9 as a counsel referred to divergent views of the concerned states on the issue of setting up of the scheme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will take this matter on April 9 along with the plea of Tamil Nadu," the bench said, when the Centre's counsel Wasim Qadri sought urgent hearing of the plea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government had on Saturday sought three more months saying framing a scheme after the announcement of the Karnataka Assembly elections may create massive public outrage over there as it was an emotive issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also sought to know if the scheme to be framed under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act can be at variance from the Cauvery Management Board as recommended by the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal in its decision in 2007.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tamil Nadu government, for its part, claimed the Centre made a willful disobedience of the apex court's judgement on framing a scheme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It sought contempt action against Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha and Water Resources Ministry secretary U P Singh as the time frame of six weeks fixed by the top court expired on March 30.</p>
