{"id":55501,"date":"2019-02-22T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55501"},"modified":"2019-02-22T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:54:31","slug":"govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","title":{"rendered":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&#038;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"55502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\/nitin-ngadkari\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nitin ngadkari\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The government has decided to stop India&#8217;s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel for which India has blamed Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the leadership of Hon&#8217;ble PM Sri @narendramodi ji, Our Govt. has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab,&#8221; Gadkari said in a tweet<\/p>\n<p>An official said the eastern rivers are Ravi, Beas and Sutlej.<\/p>\n<p>Gadkari is Water Resources, Shipping, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has decided to stop India&#8217;s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel for which India has blamed Pakistan &#8220;Under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[44145],"class_list":["post-55501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&amp;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government has decided to stop India&#039;s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&amp;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government has decided to stop India&#039;s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"302\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&#038;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"divert water flowing to Pakistan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\",\"name\":\"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"The government has decided to stop India's share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1\",\"width\":302,\"height\":201},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&#038;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"The government has decided to stop India's share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"The government has decided to stop India's share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":302,"height":201,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&#038;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari","datePublished":"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari"},"wordCount":143,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1","keywords":["divert water flowing to Pakistan"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari","name":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1","datePublished":"2019-02-22T06:54:31+00:00","description":"The government has decided to stop India's share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1","width":302,"height":201},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-decides-to-divert-water-flowing-to-pakistan-from-eastern-rivers-to-jk-and-punjab-nitin-gadkari#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&#038;K and Punjab: Nitin Gadkari"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/nitin-ngadkari.jpg?fit=302%2C201&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24713,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-summons-digvijay-singh-in-defamation-case","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":0},"title":"Court summons Digvijay Singh in defamation case","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"November 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi court summoned to\u00a0Senior Congress leader Digvijay Sing\u00a0to face trial in a criminal \u00a0Defamation case\u00a0\u00a0lodged against him by BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar told that\u00a0the accused Digvijay Singh has been summoned for the offence under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code to face trial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35610,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-hear-defamation-complaint-nitin-gadkari-arvind-kejriwal-december-20","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":1},"title":"Court to hear defamation complaint by Nitin Gadkari against Arvind Kejriwal on December 20","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"October 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A Delhi court today fixed December 20 for hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Cabinet Minister Nitin Gadkari against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal. The matter was put up for the next date after Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha could not conduct proceedings as she had gone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"arvind kejriwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/arvind-kejriwal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":57665,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/indian-armys-statement-on-reactivation-of-jem-terror-camp-in-balakot-completely-baseless-pakistan","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":2},"title":"Indian Army&#8217;s statement on reactivation of JeM terror camp in Balakot &#8216;completely baseless&#8217;: Pakistan","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Pakistan on Tuesday rejected as \"completely baseless\" the Indian Army chief's statement on the reactivation of a Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot that was destroyed by the IAF in February Army chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/reactivation.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":34523,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bury-hatchet-hc-tells-gadkari-kejriwal","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":3},"title":"Bury the hatchet: HC tells Gadkari and Kejriwal","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court on Thursday suggested to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Arvind Kejriwal to \"bury\" the hatchet over the alleged statement made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and \"shake hands\" with each other in larger \"public interest\". A bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and S P\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"delhi-high-court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7683,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gadkari-slaps-defamation-suit-against-tewari","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":4},"title":"Gadkari slaps defamation suit against Tewari","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Hitting back at allegations that he owned a 'benami' (held by proxy) flat in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society here, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Thursday filed a defamation suit against Congress spokesman Manish Tewari . Gadkari in his complaint lodged before the Esplanade Metropolitan Court charged Tewari\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Nitin-Gadkari.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23808,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gadkari-files-defamation-case-against-digvijay-singh","url_meta":{"origin":55501,"position":5},"title":"Gadkari files defamation case against Digvijay Singh","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"October 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"BJP President Nitin Gadkari today slapped a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Digvijay Singh for accusing him of having business links with his party MP Ajay Sancheti who allegedly pocketed Rs 500 crore in coal block allocation. Singh had recently made statements that Sancheti was Gadkari's business partner and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-erb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}