JUDGMENT

R.F.Nariman, J.

1. Leave granted in S.L.P(C) No. 28304 of 2015.

2. These two appeals revisit the question of the correct construction of Section 24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “the 2013 Act”). We are constrained to observe that we are hearing these matters despite the fact that the law has been settled in Pune Municipal Corporation v. H.M. Solanki, 2014 (3) SCC 183, which is now stare decisis in that it has been followed in a large number of judgments [Bimla Devi & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors. (2014) 6 SCC 583 at para 3; Union of India (UOI) and Ors. v. Shiv Raj and Ors. (2014) 6 SCC 564 at para 22; Sree Balaji Nagar Residential Association v. State of Tamil Nadu (2015) 3 SCC 353 at para 14; State of Haryana v. Vinod Oil and General Mills 2014 (15) SCC 410 at para 21; Sita Ram v. State of Haryana & Anr. (2015) 3 SCC 597 at paras 19, 21; Ram Kishan & Ors v. State of Haryana & Ors. (2015) 4 SCC 347 at paras 8, 9, 12; Velaxan Kumar v. Union of India & Or