SC poser: Why was Cauvery Mgmt Board not formed?

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre on why it did not take steps to frame a scheme for formation of Cauvery Management Board for implementation of the award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Chandrachud are hearing appeals against the Cauvery Disputes Tribunal's final award of February 2007 on allocation of water for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala and Puducherry. Even as Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar for the Centre commenced his arguments, the CJI told the SG "having notified the final award in the Gazette in May 2013, why you did not frame a scheme for implementation of the award. Senior counsel Shekar Naphade for Tamil Nadu made it clear that there could not be any tinkering with the tribunal's award on monthly release of water.