<P> In March 2018, Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal is formed on the direction of Supreme Court to adjudicate water sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh states . </P> <P> The Mahadayi Water Tribunal pronounced its final verdict in August 2018 and permitted Karnataka state to use water outside the basin for drinking water use . </P> <P> Under Section 6A of this Act, central government may frame a scheme or schemes to give effect to the decision of a tribunal . Each scheme has provision to establish an authority for implementation of a tribunal verdict . However, every scheme and all its regulations shall be approved by the parliament . When a tribunal verdict, after formally gazetted by the union government, stipulates to establish the verdict implementation authority / board, the same shall be complied by the union government as the tribunal verdict is equal to Supreme Court verdict . As per Articles 53 & 142 of the constitution, it is the duty of the President to enforce the tribunal / supreme court order / verdict without time delay till the Parliament, under Section 6A of this Act, decides against or makes modifications to the already established implementation board / authority . </P> <P> In the case of Cauvery River basin, SC directed the GoI to set up a temporary Supervisory Committee to implement the tribunal order till the constitution of Cauvery Management Board by GoI . GoI established the said temporary Supervisory Committee on 22 May 2013 . In the case of Babli barrage dispute, SC itself constituted the Supervisory Committee to implement the water sharing agreement between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh in middle Godavari sub basin . </P>

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