Inter-State River Water Disputes Act : Constitution of Tribunal. Indian Bare Acts :

Inter-State River Water Disputes Act,1956

Act No : 33

Section : Constitution of Tribunal.

4. Constitution of Tribunal. (1) When any request under section 3 is received from any State Government in respect of any water dispute and the Central Government is of opinion that the water dispute cannot be settled by negotiations, the Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Water Disputes Tribunal for the adjudication of the water dispute. 1*[(2) The Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and two other members nominated in this behalf by the Chief Justice of India from among persons who at the time of such nomination are Judges of the Supreme Court or of a High Court.] (3) The Tribunal may appoint two or more persons as assessors to advise it in the proceeding before it.