SC settles 60-yr Bhakra & Beas dispute between Punjab, Haryana and HP
The Supreme Court of India has finalized a 60-year-old dispute between Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh regarding power sharing from the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas projects. The court ordered the supply of 598 million units of electricity annually to Himachal Pradesh for the next 20 years.
Why it matters
This resolution ends a decades-long legal stalemate, ensuring resource distribution and upholding judicial authority over state-level disputes.
NEW DELHI: SC Friday approved a cashless settlement chaperoned by attorney general R Venkataramani of a 60-year-old dispute between three states over sharing of electricity generated by Bhakra-Nangal and Beas power projects, and directed Punjab and Haryana to supply 598 million units every year, during Oct-March, to Himachal Pradesh for the next 20 years.Giving effect to a 2011 SC decree in favour of Himachal, the court expressed concern the state had still not received the benefits of a case it filed in 1996, even after 15 years.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said, "As a matter of abundant concern, we must express in no uncertain terms to all stakeholders concerned that the directions issued by this court are binding and are required to be acted upon without reservation."The expectation of decree, having remained pending for several decades, cannot be rendered fruitless by reason…
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