A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Manmohan verbally observed that the court cannot decide the matter and that it was for Delhi lieutenant- governor (L-G) or the President of India to take a call on the same. Responding to a plea filed by Vishnu Gupta, the bench verbally remarked: "How can we declare that the government is not functioning? L-G is fully competent to decide it." The bench went on to verbally observe that the L-G does not need the court's guidance. "We are no one to advise him. He (L-G) will do whatever he has to in accordance with law," the bench added.