The Supreme Court today said its order directing Karnataka to supply 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu will not be an impediment in the Prime Minister deciding on the review petition filed before the Cauvery River Authority.

A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur ticked off Karnataka saying that various agitations on the issue would not serve the purpose as sometimes it may be counter-productive.

The bench was dealing with an application moved by Karnataka seeking stay on the Apex Court's September 28 order directing release of 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The CRA meeting on September 19 had failed to produce a solution as both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had rejected the Prime Minister's award of 9,000 cusecs of water to save the standing crops in the delta region.

Tamil Nadu subsequently moved the apex court for a directive to Karnataka.

The CRA, headed by the Prime Minister, comprises chief ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.