The plea moved by advocate M.L. Sharma said Asthana's appointment to the post came just days before his superannuation on July 31, as a result, he will have a tenure of one year as Delhi police chief.
The Tamil Nadu government had moved the contempt petition against the director of project appraisal (south), chairman of the Central Water Commission, directorate of the Central water commission, Managing Director of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited, Karnataka's water resources department principal secretary and minister. The Supreme Court has tentatively listed the contempt plea for hearing on July 27, the official date will be known soon.
On 16 February, the top court had directed the Centre to constitute within six weeks the CMB and CWRC.
The Madras High Court has dismissed a contempt petition against authorities for their alleged “wilful” disobedience of its order banning…
