Tamil NaduThursday, 30 July 2026·Hindu Tamil Thisai
TN Assembly Mekedatu resolution: HC challenge over tribunal amendment and unanimous adoption claim
AIADMK has moved the Madras High Court against the June 19 Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution on Mekedatu, challenging the amendment that sought a tribunal.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In June 2026, the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution on the Mekedatu dam issue, and the Madras High Court was later moved by AIADMK whip Agri Krishnamurthy challenging the amendment that asked for a tribunal.
Key specifics
- The Assembly resolution was passed on June 19 against the Mekedatu dam proposed by the Karnataka government.
- The amendment sought the setting up of a tribunal on the Mekedatu issue, according to the petition.
- The petition says the revised text was not in the June 18 copy sent to MLAs and was not separately debated.
- The High Court bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arulmurugan issued notice.
- The court gave 2 weeks to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, Assembly Secretary and the Union Jal Shakti Ministry to respond.
Exam lens
Question type: polity-current affairs, match-the-following on Assembly resolution, tribunal, and court notice; key facts: June 19 resolution, Mekedatu, tribunal amendment, 2-week notice. TNPSC one-liner: “Which court issued notice on the challenge to the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s Mekedatu resolution amendment?”