New Delhi: Supreme Court on October 24 lambasted Karnataka for wilfully disobeying
the court's order for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and observed that if
the state cites law and order situation as a ground for not implementing its orders,
then it should go.
A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice B N Kirpal, Justice Y K Sabharwal and
Justice Arijit Pasayat, which will continue to hear the contempt petition filed by
Tamil Nadu in the afternoon, said, "If the state governments played to emotions of
the people and violated court orders then God help this country."
Indicating that in Ayodhya case also, the court's orders were not implemented
leading to demolition of the disputed structure, the Bench said, "There are lot of
cases where emotions can be aroused but it will be unfortunate if the states come
and say that they cannot implement the court orders because of emotions."
PTI
