With two judges on a Supreme Court bench – Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna – recusing themselves from hearing a dispute among the neighbouring States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on the allocation of Krishna river, the Karnataka Government has filed an application before the Registrar General of the Supreme Court for early appointment of new judges to the bench for hearing the case and early gazette notification of the Krishna tribunal order on sharing of water.
Justice Chandrachud hails from Maharashtra while Justice Bopanna is from Karnataka. They recused themselves from hearing the case on January 10, 2022.
