The court said, the Lieutenant Governor has to act on the aid and advice of the elected government and cannot act as “an obstructionist”. The judges said, “There is no place for autocracy and there is no place for anarchism either.” Later, a regular bench considered appeals relating to individual aspects including services. However, the Delhi government appealed citing the division bench’s verdict. After this, a three-judge bench referred the matter to a constitution bench on the request of the Centre.