The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Tamil Nadu and Kerala to place on record their lists of witnesses in the Neyyar river water dispute case.
A Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha asked both the States to file the lists within two weeks in the original lawsuit preferred by Tamil Nadu against its neighbour in 2012.
Issues to be heard
The Supreme Court had, in November 2016, framed the issues to be heard, including whether the river can be classified as an inter-State river.
The court had decided to move ahead with the long-pending suit between the two States, and agreed to hear on several disputed issues, including whether the supply of water to Tamil Nadu by Kerala since 1965 was only a gesture of goodwill or a legal obligation imposed by Section 108 (2) of the State Re-organisation Act, 1956.
