In Brief
In this civil appeal by Sarla Devi against Punjab State and others, the Supreme Court found that connected matters had already been addressed and remitted to the High Court by a related batch order dated 11.01.2017. The Court condonded delay and granted leave to appeal, but disposed of the appeal by directing it be decided uniformly in terms of the earlier batch judgment. The matter was not separately decided on merits, as the remedy already afforded by the connected proceedings was deemed adequate.
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