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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Court rap for 'AC chamber' governance

Court rap for 'AC chamber' governance

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published Published on Feb 23, 2016   modified Modified on Feb 23, 2016
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today chided the Delhi government for "resting in AC chambers" while expecting the judiciary to hand it a solution to the capital's water crisis "on a platter".

Bearing the brunt was Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra, whose government has sought an apex court directive to the Centre and Haryana to restore water supply from Haryana's Munak canal, which the Jat protesters have allegedly damaged.

Chief Justice T.S. Thakur's patience seemed to snap when Delhi government counsel Rajeev Dhavan told the bench: "The minister is here."

"The minister should be in another place. Ask your ministers to go there. We will not interfere. You can't come to court and browbeat us. If you are so concerned about the people, go there," Justice Thakur, who headed a bench that included Justice U.U. Lalit, said.

He wondered what the minister was doing in court instead of taking the matter up with his Haryana counterpart.

"This is an emergency, you must go there. You people, instead of sorting out the problem on a government-to-government basis, are sitting in court," Justice Thakur observed.

"You are looking at easy solutions. You want a court order to sort out the problem. You find it easy to come to the Supreme Court for getting an order instead of talking to Haryana and solving the problem.

"You rest in AC chambers and you want an order from the court on a platter. These are matters of governance between Delhi and Haryana. Go to the affected place and render help and see that Delhi gets water."

Then, realising he had perhaps been too harsh, the Chief Justice added: "We are also humans, Mr Dhavan. When you provoke us, this is the answer."

Later, Justice Thakur sought a response from the Haryana government on the Delhi government's plea. The court said it would hear the matter again on Wednesday after receiving a status report from Haryana.

"We believe this (agitation) will settle down. Try and work together," the Chief Justice said.

The counsel for Haryana told the bench that the state government was doing everything to sort out the problem. He said the army had taken control of the Munak Canal and the damaged sluice gates were being lifted with cranes, but they would take at least a fortnight to repair.

He added that water would be released through another canal and reach Delhi in three to four hours unless fresh violence disrupted the process.

The assurance had come a little before 11am but at 8pm, Delhi Jal Board sources said no compensatory water had been received from Haryana.

The Munak canal accounts for two-thirds of Delhi's water supply from Haryana. All schools in the capital had been ordered closed today because of the water crisis, and the Delhi government is rationing water.

The Telegraph, 22 February, 2016, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160223/jsp/nation/story_70866.jsp#.VswVyeY1t_k


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