Punjab National Bank & Anr vs O.N.Sharma & Ors

The Supreme Court allowed the Civil Appeal and remitted the matter to the High Court for fresh consideration, emphasizing that the respondent should be permitted to raise additional questions from the writ petition that were not addressed previously. The Court specifically noted that the prior submissions were limited to the issue of entitlement to a personal hearing before the Appellate Authority. The outcome was a directive for further examination by the High Court without any order as to costs.