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Mr. Mohan Katarki
4th January, 2023

Mr. Mohan Katarki is a prominent Senior Advocate in India designated by the Supreme Court of India

Personal life
Mr. Katarki is from Hulkund in the State of Karnataka. He married Vijaya Katarki, a graduate from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and the President of Inner wheel Club, Midwest Delhi.

Professional career
Mr. Katarki is a third-generation lawyer. He started practicing in the Supreme Court of India in January, 1985. He was the chamber junior of Muralidhar C. Bhandare, Senior Advocate who later served as the Governor of Odisha.

Mr. Katarki has more than three decades of wide-ranging experience in the highly contentious federal litigations on the sharing, pollution and riverine ecology of the Inter State River Waters in India. He has extensively advised the States on techno legal issues which arise in the planning the inter State river water and construction, operation and safety of high dams particularly Krishna Raj Sagar dam, Hemavathy dam and Kabini dam in Cauvery basin, Almatti dam  Malaprbha dam in Krishna basin, Bhakra-Nangal dam in Indus basin, Hirakud dam in Mahanadi basin, Mullaperiyar dam in Periyar basin, etc. He has represented the States of Karnataka, Punjab, Kerala and Odisha and Union Territory of Delhi in various high profile inter State Disputes. He has conducted the cross examination of renowned experts in water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, dam safety, backwater effect, submergence, agronomy, etc, etc. He has addressed before the Supreme Court of India and or high constitutional Inter State Water Disputes Tribunals on the water issues relating to rivers Cauvery, Krishna , Mahadayi , Mahanadi , Mullaperiyar , Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal , etc.

Mr Katarki addressed before the constitution bench of Supreme Court and succeeded in upholding the right of children to pursue education in the medium of instructions of their choice namely English.

Academic activities
Mr. Katarki is the Vice President of Bar Association of India, New Delhi ; Distinguished Visiting Faculty of the University Law College, Bangalore University, Bangaluru ; Member of Editorial Advisory Boards of Students Law Review published by Karnataka State Law University and Bangalore University Law Journal published by Bangalore University  ; Member, Board of Management and Planning, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli (2010 – 2021); and Member of the Advisory Board of The Leaflet. He was also a Member of the Academic Council of National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2005-2008).

Mr Katarki has delivered lectures on legal and constitutional issues. Some of these lectures delivered are at: Regional Conference on Water Resources at Teslic, Bosnia: June 2001 (“Equitable Sharing of Transboundary Krishna Waters – Indian Experience”) ; International Water Law Conference at Colorado Law School, Boulder, U.S.A.:  June 2002 (“Equitable Management and Allocation of Trans-boundary Waters in India”) ; International Water Disputes conference conducted by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences at Kolkota, India: Feb 2012 (“If the Climate change is a possibility, Will there be Reallocation of International Waters?”) ; 28th Lawasia Conference at Sydney: November 2015 (“Hydropower Generation: Transboundary Environmental Issues”) ; SG Balekundri Memorial Lecture, Institute of Engineers, Belgaum: January 2020 (“International Rivers: Challenges posed by threat of claimed change to India and her neighbors”) ; and 34th Lawasia Conference at Sydney: November 2022 (“Ecology of International Rivers and The State Responsibility”)

Mr. Katarki has published several articles. Some of them are: “Why can’t CM and PM be elected ?”, published in Livelaw (2018) ; “Fix Constitutional Paradox”, published in Leaflet (2019) “Should India revisit Indus Treaty?”, published in Leaflet (2019) ; “Farm legislations and minimum support price”, published in 96 Journal of Geological Society of India (2020) ; “The Case for an Interventionist Judiciary” published in  Deccan Herald (2020) ; “Is China Liable for the Injury or Harm caused by Coronavirus ?”, published in Live Law (2020) ; “Resolution of India – China Border Dispute or Ladakh is need of the hour”, published in Leaflet (2020) ; “Indian Independence Act: A forgotten title”, published in Leaflet (2020) ; “Is law still Grappling with Groundwater”, published in 97 Geological Society of India 813 (2021) ; “Afghanistan Faces Tumultuous Future as Taliban Regime’s de jure Recognition by Global Community Uncertain”, published in National Herald (2021) ; “Groundwater and the Law in India: An Overview”, published as Part of the Book titled Groundwater Law and Management in India edited by S.A. Khan and ors. – Springer Publication (2021) ; “Has Tamil Nadu Stirred a Hornet’s Nest?”, published in India Legal (2021) ; “Information Technology Act, 2000: Should India Revisit On Safe Harbour Principle To Quell Fake Information?” published in RGNUL Student Research Review (2021) ; “Equality – Jurisprudential Interest Resurrected”, published in Newsclick (2022) ; “A Personhood to the Rivers for Self-Protection”, Published in Livelaw (2022) ;  “Breakdown of Constitutional Governance in Sri Lanka – What is the Way Ahead”, published in  Newsclick, 2022 ; “Britain had no option, but to grant independence to india on August 15, 1947”, published by Leaflet (2022 ; and “’Strict Legalism’ Key to Resolve Inter State Border Row” published in Deccan Herald (2022)