On the issue of Mullaiperiyar Water Storage issue with Kerala wanting to reduce water level and Tamil Nadu opposing it and the passions in the two States running very high to the extent of people of each State resorting to violence, the present order by the Supreme Court asking Tamil Nadu not to quote its Court’s oral observations in Advertisements and Kerala not to incite passions, is stupid,to say the least.
‘The bench also castigated Tamil Nadu for misusing the apex court‘s earlier orders and oral observations through huge newspaper advertisements and also declined to entertain its plea for restraining Kerala leaders from making any statements on the dam row.
“How can we stop them with a gag order. Kindly see your prayer. How do we issue such a gag order. If somebody wants to protest he can.
“You are issuing press advertisements. Even our oral observations are being mentioned in the advertisements. It is very unfortunate. You must have had some senior counsel’s assistance while issuing the advertisements,” the bench remarked.
“Court proceedings should not be used for settling political scores. This is a sacred institution, the sanctity must be maintained.
“The chief executive of the state government makes use of the observation of the court proceedings. It may not be proper when the matter is subjudice,” the bench told senior counsel Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Tamil Nadu.
“Though there is nothing substantive involved in the controversy both sides are inciting.
“Ultimately the safety of the people is paramount. We cannot compromise on the safety of people. Even one life is important. Why for that matter even the life of an animal or even the forest is important,” the bench observed while asking Tamil Nadu to ensure that the water level did not breach the 136 feet fixed by it in its earlier order.
The apex court said Kerala’s fears of the dam’s collapse from possible quakes cannot be brushed aside lightly.
“It (water level) has exceeded 136 feet. It cannot be without basis. You have to ensure it does not exceed. You are bound by it. You cannot permit it to go beyond 136 feet.
Between 26 November and December 5 it has gone up,” the bench remarked.
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If oral submissions are not to be made Public, why should the Court make them?
Are the statements made off the cuff remark,s not to be taken seriously?
The Court has also advised Tamil Nadu not to breach the water level and rejected Kerala’s prayer to reduce the water level.
How is this possible?
Only one instruction can be complied with.
Precisely this is what the issue is all about.
Why make inane observations without offering a solution?
Knowing the seriousness of the issue, the Court should have advised the Central Government to deploy CISF instead of sending a notice to it.
In fact the Court should have taken the issue suo moto.
Kerala should not object to present water level;Tamil Nadu should not stick to its stand of the present agreed level of storage.
If the State can not ask the other one not to incite passions, is it a gag order?
If the Court asks the State the same, it is not a Gag Order!
No orders for deployment of CISF.
The issue is not ‘ substantive’!
What sort of Order is this?
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