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SC sets up high level panel on Mullaperiyar row
New Delhi, Feb 17: A
Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today
decided to constitute a high-level empowered
committee to examine the safety aspects of the
Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. The five-judge Bench
comprising Justices D K Jain, B Sudarshan Reddy,
Mukundkam Sharma, R M Lodha and Deepak Verma
said the five-member committee would be headed
by a retired Supreme Court judge. Tamil Nadu and
Kerala have been authorized by the court to
nominate one member each who could be a retired
high court judge or a technical expert.
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The Centre has also been authorised to
nominate two renowned technical experts not connected
with the dispute. The apex court said it will pass
appropriate orders tomorrow for formally constituting
the committee which in turn would, within a time frame,
submit its report to the Bench
