Supreme Court rejects review plea by Tamil Nadu on Mekedatu project
The Supreme Court has rejected Tamil Nadu's review petition regarding the Mekedatu project, deeming the state's challenge premature. The court's decision, made by a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, upheld a previous ruling from November 2025. The court emphasized that any approval of the project would allow affected parties to take legal measures if necessary.
- ▪The Supreme Court dismissed Tamil Nadu's review petition on the Mekedatu project.
- ▪The court previously ruled that the challenge to the project was premature in November 2025.
- ▪Karnataka's Detailed Project Report is still under consideration by relevant authorities.
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The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Nadu to review a November 2025 decision that termed the State’s challenge to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir cum Drinking Water project as “premature”.The review petition was dismissed by a Bench of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Vinod K. Chandran and Vipul M. Pancholi via circulation in their chambers on April 15, 2026. The order was only published recently.“We have carefully gone through the contents of the review petition and the papers appended therewith. We are satisfied that no case for review of the judgment dated November 13, 2025 is made out.
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