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Cauvery dispute: Karnataka responds to Tamil Nadu’s plea in SC

Tamil Nadu on Monday said Karnataka could “easily spare” 4 tmc ft. for May, to which Karnataka retaliated by saying that it has already released 116.697 tmc ft. to Tamil Nadu at the inter-State Bilingundlu border despite this being a distress year for the third consecutive year.

filing a counter within hours, Karnataka government was firm in its accusation when it said that Tamil Nadu had received an excess of 16.66 tmc ft. Water had been released as per the measurements of the Central Water Commission and that Tamil Nadu’s share at the end of April 2018 at the inter-State border worked out to 100.04 tmc ft.

Previously, a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra brushed aside Karnataka’s objections that it had already released excess water to its neighbour and warned the state of contempt action should it fail to release at least 4 tmc feet of water to Tamil Nadu for the months of April and May by Monday. The order came after the Tamil Nadu government through senior advocate Shekhar Naphade accused the centre of delaying framing of a scheme because of impending assembly elections in Karnataka.

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Court discharges Congress leader Jai Prakash Aggarwal

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New Delhi: A Delhi court today discharged Congress leader Jai Prakash Aggarwal from charges of defacing public property while campaigning for the 2014 general elections.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted the relief to the accused, noting that he was facing the case for around four years for committing an act which was “not even an offence”.

The court noted that there was no allegation that the accused had committed any defacement of the property by writing on it by ink, chalk, paint or any other similar material.

“The accused is facing this case for around four years for the commission of an act which is not even an offence and the trial has not even started. On the basis of the aforesaid discussion, the accused is discharged from the present case,” the court said.

According to the FIR lodged in March 2014, one Lalit Mohan had complained that the accused had defaced a public property in Karawal Nagar in North-East Delhi by putting up a hoarding over a public urinal seeking votes in 2014 general elections.

The accused had told the court that the municipal urinal was a paid site for advertisements and the accused had put up the banner after paying for the site.

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