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K.S. Radhakrishnan Vs. the Union of India Rep. by the Secretary, Minis ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1999Mad100

..... the petitioner would submit that the river boards act, 1956, which was enacted by the parliament, authorises, the union government to establish a river board for advising the governments interested in relalion to such matters concerning the regulation or development of an inter-state river or river valley or any specific part thereof and for performing such functions as may be specified in the notification, ..... ' under the provisions of entry 56 of union list, the river boards act, 1956, was enacted for advising the governments interested in relation to such matter concerning the regulation or development of an inter-state river or river valley or any specified part thereof and for performing such other functions as may be specified on the notification and is not applicable for diversion of water ..... the central government have enacted the river boards act, 1956, no river board has been set up in pursuance of the act.4. ..... minister of tamil nadu on 26-4-1982 to the central government in which he had sug-gested that the government of india may declare all rivers including inter-state rivers as national rivers and bring forward such legislation as necessary to ensure proper utilisation of rivers subject to a condition that the entitlement of the states for water as decided upon by the tribunal shall on no account be disturbed by ..... a sub committee of the national water board has been constituted to suggest appropriate modalities for setting up a river basin authority and to lay down a policy .....

In the Matter of : Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1992SC522; JT1991(4)SC361; 1991(2)SCALE1049; [1991]Supp2SCR497

..... in 1956 the parliament enacted the river boards act, 1956 for the purpose of regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys and also the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 for adjudication of ..... river boards act, 1956 which is admittedly enacted under entry 56 for the regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys does cover the field of the use, distribution and allocation of the waters of the inter-state rivers and river ..... the river boards act, 1956 being the only legislation made by parliament under entry 56, and the scope of the declaration in section 2 thereof being limited 'to the extent hereinafter provided', that is to say provided by that statute, and no river board having been constituted thus far in respect of and inter-state river under the said law, the power to ..... ordinance, it is not necessary for us to deal with the contention advanced on behalf of tamil nadu and pondicherry that the ordinance is unconstitutional also because it is repugnant to the provisions of the river boards act, 1956 which is admittedly enacted under entry 56.19. ..... enact a law on the subject falling in entry 17 list ii, is subject to the provisions of entry 56 in list i, and once parliament had made a declaration in that behalf in section 2 of the river boards act, the state legislature was not competent to enact the impugned law,(b) once the central government had entrusted the cauvery water dispute to an independent tribunal under the provisions of the .....

S. Nagaraja and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2003(2)KarLJ88

..... --(a) to declare the inter water dispute act, 1956 and the river boards act, 1956 are void and unconstitutional, the legislation traversing beyond article 262 and entry 56 of union list, when the act included tributaries, if any, in section 4(4) of the river boards act;(b) to quash the constitution of kaveri water dispute, tribunal;(e) to declare that the agreements of 1894 and 1924 relied on by respondent 3 as defunct, void and otiose, not being saved by article 372(1) of the constitution of india.2. ..... already the dispute relating to kaveri river water is seized before the supreme court. .....

Steel Authority of India Ltd. Vs. State of Orissa and anr.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR2009Ori124; 107(2009)CLT430

..... it is also submitted that river karo from which water has been drawn by the petitioner company for its use is an inter-state river and the said river was covered by river board act, 1956 and the state was denuded of its legislative power.9. ..... , the applicant and the sureties hereby jointly and severally covenant with the governor as follows:a) the applicant shall pay water charges for the water actually consumed as per the provisions of orissa irrigation act, 1959 and rule made thereunder on or before 31st march every year.b) the applicant shall make suitable arrangement to take the water from the point at which it will be supplied.c) the applicant shall not ..... the petitioner namely, steel authority of india limited (raw material division)(hereinafter described as 'sail(rmd)' filed the writ applications, inter alia, seeking to challenge the orissa act 3 of 1994 by which amendment was inserted in the orissa irrigation act, 1959 and orissa irrigation (amendment) rules, 1994 and further praying to declare the same to be invalid and unconstitutional on the ground of repugnancy and in competency of the state legislature and as a colourable piece of legislation ..... 2 compelled the petitioner to execute the agreement under the provisions of orissa irrigation, 1959 on 17.11.1991 (annexure-1) and to pay the illegal water charges even though the aforesaid act was not applicable for use of water from non-irrigation works like natural stream and river and subsequently, when opposite party no. .....

R. Krishnaiah Vs. Union of India (Uoi), Rep. by Its Cabinet Secretary, ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1996(4)ALT175

..... the state of andhra pradesh that where the issue of implementation or interpretation of the award/decision of the tribunal is involved, the central government has to exercise its executive power and since the river boards act, 1956 has not yet created the authority to which any such dispute can be referred to, the union government has to see whether as envisaged under the award/decision of the tribunal the riparian states have ..... i the parliament has made the river boards act, 1956 (act 49 of 1956) to provide for the establishment of river boards for the regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys and for adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state river or river valleys as envisaged under clause (2) of article 262 as above made the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 (act 33 of 1956). ..... river boards act, 1956 which is admittedly enacted under entry 56 for the regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys does cover the field of the use, distribution and allocation of the waters of the inter-state rivers and river ..... has not been enacted under entry 56 as it relates to the adjudication of the disputes and with no other aspect either of the inter-state river as a whole or of the waters in it'the supreme court in the above judgment has also stated: (1) the inter- state water disputes act, 1956 has been enacted only under article 262 of the constitution, it has not been enacted under entry 56 as it relates to the adjudication of .....

In Re : Networking of Rivers

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... it is the case of the petitioner that the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 (for short `the act') and the river boards act, 1956 were enacted by the parliament under article 262 read with entry 56 of list-i of the seventh schedule to the constitution of india, 1950 (hereafter, `the constitution').due to reluctance of water-rich states, the national water ..... the river boards act, 1956 was enacted by the parliament under entry 56 of list ..... submit that the preservation of water resources is a part of the right to life and livelihood, enshrined in article 21 of the constitution and that the central government should take immediate and urgent steps to nationalize the rivers, so that equitable and proper - distribution of water can be ensured for the betterment of the population.according to them, the central government should also adopt all necessary measures, both scientifically and naturally, to increase the ..... the mandate of the latter is to provide a machinery for the settlement of disputes, the former is an act to establish boards for the regulation and development of inter-state river basins, through advice and coordination, - and thereby to reduce the friction amongst the concerned states.59. ..... 2000) 9 scc 572], a constitution bench of this court took the view that in section 11 of the act, the expression `use, distribution and control of water in any river' are the key words in determination of the scope of power conferred on a tribunal constituted under section 3 of the act. .....

Orient Paper and Industries Ltd. and anr. Vs. State of M.P. and ors.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2009MP143

..... made subject to entry 56 of list-i whereunder the river boards act, 1956 has been enacted. ..... , it is apropos to note with profit that though pleadings were put forth with regard to the ownership of the state government as regards the industrial sources to fix the water rate in the inter-state river, yet the said argument was not canvassed and nothing has been mentioned in the written note in that regard and rightly so, in view of the agreement arrived at between three states, namely, state of ..... stand of the petitioner that article 262 of the constitution and the inter-state river water disputes act, 1956 refer to and deal with distribution and control of water of inter-state river. ..... different canvass and it has to be read in cohesion with section 26 of the act which enshrines that all rights in the water of any river and natural stream vest in the state government. ..... the agreement for free water from the river sone is not traceable to the act of 1931. ..... experience any difficulty to come to the conclusion that water can be supplied from the river or natural stream for any industrial, urban or other purposes not connected with agriculture and charges thereof can be agreed upon between the state government and the company or the firm, private person or local body concerned and it can be fixed in accordance with rules made under this act. ..... which occur in chapter v spell out supplies from canals and the act does not deal with supplies directly from natural sources of water such as rivers. .....

Khyerbari Tea Co. Ltd. and anr. Vs. the State of Assam

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1964SC925; [1964]5SCR975

..... on the strength of the provisions contained in the river boards act, 1956 (no. ..... suggested that the brahmaputra river over a part of whose stream the tea chests are carried is governed by the provisions of the river boards act and that imposes a ban on the power of the assam legislature to pass an act in respect of goods carried over the brahmaputra river. ..... 3(2) is confined to cases where the producer himself carries tea and his suggestion is that the proviso which has been added by the present act and which was not included in the earlier act seeks to make the purchaser liable to pay the tax in case tea which is carried has been purchased by him before it leaves the ..... is true that the tea act has made several provisions in regard to tea and has constituted a board to deal with the problems enumerated in the other provisions of the said act; but one has merely to glance through the relevant provisions of the tea act to realise that the scope and purpose of the said act is entirely different from the scope and purpose of the taxing act with which we are concerned. ..... (2) notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, all taxes imposed or realised or purporting to have been imposed or realised under the act repealed shall for all purposes be deemed to be, and to have been, validly imposed or realised and accordingly - (a) no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any court against the government or any person or authority .....

V. Ramachandra Reddy and anr. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1965AP40

..... examples of the latter type of creation of corporate bodies are the river boards act, 1956, the state financial corporation act, the road transport corporation act, 1950,. ..... on the other hand, these very acts, except in the case of the electricity supply act, confer specific powers of dissolution (vide section 27(1) of the river boards act, section 45 of the state financial corporation act and section 38 and 39 of the road transport corporation act). ..... ' (g) ''panchayat' means in relation to the andhra area, a panchayat constituted under the andhra pradesh (andhra area) village panchayats act 1950 (act x of 1950) and in relation to the telangana area a gram panchayat constituted under the andhra pradesh (telangana area) gram panchayats act, 1956 (act xvii of 1956);' (h) ''panchayat samithi' means a panchayat samithi constituted under section 3 or reconstituted under that section or section 63;' 3(1) ''the government may, be notification, constitute a panchayat samithi for a block with effect from such ..... to the government that a panchayat samithi or a zilla parishads is not competent to perform its functions or has failed to exercise its powers or perform its functions or has exceeded or abused any of the powers conferred upon it by or under this act, or any other law for the time being in force, the government may direct the panchayat samithi, or as the case may be, the zilla parishad, to remedy such incompetency, failure, excess or abuse or to give a satisfactory explanation .....

Baldev Singh Dhillion and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 121(2005)DLT606

..... it was also contended that a large number of notifications had been published in the purported exercise of powers under sections 4 and 6 of the act which were at variance with each other and thus, there was a fraud on the statute in the matter of publication date of the said notifications ..... these were: (a) notifications were in breach of the provisions of the act; (b) no plans were prepared for development of the area covered by river yamuna and without these plans area could not be acquired for particular purpose; and (c) manner and method postulated by the provision of the act dealing with the notifications for acquisition had not been adhered to. ..... notification dated 23rd june, 1989 under section 4 of the act was issued which, according to the respondents, was published in the delhi gazette on 23rd june, 1989, in 'veer arjun' (hindi) on 21st july, 1989 and in 'the times of india' (english on 22nd july, 1989 and was ..... the petitioners are impugning notification dated 23rd june, 1989 issued under section 4 of the land acquisition act (in short 'the act') and declaration dated 22nd june, 1990 issued under section 6 of act. ..... land in question is large tract covering numerous villages, 15 villages to be precise, on the bank of river yamuna. ..... yamuna river'. ..... objections were considered by the land acquisition collector, who submitted separate reports in respect of each village and after consideration thereof the government issued declaration dated 22nd june, 1990 under section 6 of the act. .....