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After 45-Year Wait, Jammu Kashmir High Court Orders Market-Rate Compensation for Five Landowners

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The Supreme Court has settled a long‑standing, roughly 60‑year dispute over the Bhakra‑Beas projects that involved Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The verdict, delivered on a Friday, ended a decades‑long inter‑state energy clash concerning payment of dues from Bhakra Beas Management Board projects dating back to 1966. As part of the settlement, Himachal Pradesh is entitled to receive 11,973 MU of electricity from Punjab.

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    SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Jammu Kashmir Government to assess and pay compensation at the prevailing market rate to five landowners from Rajouri whose 24 kanals and one marla of land was wrongly declared evacuee property and allotted to a displaced person…

    — Kashmir Life

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    Ending a decades-long energy dispute between Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana over the payment of dues arising from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects since 1966, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Punjab and Haryana to pay 11,973 million units of electricity to Himachal Pradesh over…

    — The Tribune

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Jammu Kashmir Government to assess and pay compensation at the prevailing market rate to five landowners from Rajouri whose 24 kanals and one marla of land was wrongly declared evacuee property and allotted to a displaced person…

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After 45-Year Wait, Jammu Kashmir High Court Orders Market-Rate Compensation for Five Landowners

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Jammu Kashmir Government to assess and pay compensation at the prevailing market rate to five landowners from Rajouri whose 24 kanals and one marla of land was wrongly declared evacuee property and allotted to a displaced person…

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SC ends 60-year power dispute; Punjab, Haryana to give Himachal 11,973 MU electricity over 20 years

Ending a decades-long energy dispute between Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana over the payment of dues arising from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects since 1966, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Punjab and Haryana to pay 11,973 million units of electricity to Himachal Pradesh over…

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