In Brief
In these civil appeals arising from special leave petitions, the Supreme Court allowed the appeals and directed the State of Punjab to pay compensation within two months. The Court noted that the substantive legal issues had already been concluded by an earlier judgment dated 01.11.2017 in connected matters. The Court also disposed of related appeals (Civil Appeal Nos. 17523-17526 of 2017) in view of the same earlier judgment. The order focuses on implementation of the compensation award previously determined.
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