K. PURUSHOTHAMA BHAT vs A. NARAYANA BHAT . — C.A. No. 7411/2009

Case Summary: C.A. No. 7411/2009 (K. Purushothama Bhat v. A. Narayana Bhat) The Supreme Court heard the appeal on 6 November 2009 and granted leave. The Court set aside the Karnataka High Court Division Bench's judgment dated 8 November 2004, holding that the Division Bench erred in deciding the writ appeal on merits instead of leaving it to the Single Judge. The matter was remanded to the Single Judge for fresh adjudication on merits without being influenced by observations from the Supreme Court or Division Bench. No order on costs was made. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.