Team Herald
PANJIM: The matter related to Mhadei river water diversion did not come for hearing before the Supreme Court on Thursday. The matter is now likely to be heard on either on January 29 or 30.
The special leave petitions (SLPs) have been filed by the three riparian States Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra, along with the contempt pleas filed by the State government.
Earlier, the matter was heard in July 2023 and was further listed before the Apex Court in November last year after almost nine months of the previous hearing. However, it was adjourned to January this year without any hearing.
Expressing her dismay over the matter getting delayed, the former Minister and Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan (MBA) convenor Nirmala Sawant stated that the State government counsels should seek an exclusive date from the Court to hear the matter.
“The matter was listed at Serial No 117 in Supreme Court and it will now be heard on regular days next week. On Friday and Monday there will be miscellaneous hearings. The officials and lawyers from Goa will have to either return home or spend five days in Delhi. Since the government is spending tax-payers money for litigation it should ask the counsels to seek an exclusive date for hearing.”