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What to Study: Article 262 deals with disputes over the use, distribution and control of the waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys. What two things may Parliament do under it, especially about the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and other courts? Remember the two laws Parliament made under this Article.
What to Study: What is a river board meant to do, who sets it up, and at whose request? Be clear whether a river board decides disputes or only advises the states.
What to Study: Who can set up a tribunal under this Act to settle a water dispute between states, and what does it mean that the tribunal is ad hoc? Understand how binding its decision is on the states, and whether any court can hear a dispute referred to it. Also know what the Supreme Court held in the Cauvery case (2016) about appeals under Article 136 against a tribunal's award. You should be able to explain how such a tribunal differs from a river board.
What to Study: Remember the water disputes tribunals set up so far, the year each was set up and the states involved in each. The Krishna river has had two tribunals; know when each one was set up. For the second Krishna tribunal, also know how its parties and terms of reference changed after Telangana was formed in 2014.