Appearing for Tamil Nadu, the counsel told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the state was not receiving the quantity of water it was entitled to under the applicable directions

The bandh was called by the Federation of Kannada organisations led by Nagaraj to protest the directions of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) and the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to release water to Tamil Nadu