The Advocate General's resignation is the second high-profile exit of senior officials in just four months of the AAP government. The first to quit was former police chief VK Bhawra. Sidhu was instrumental in Punjab Police getting the transit remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from Delhi's Tihar Jail after the gangster was named as the plotter behind the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.

But the Punjab government has seen setbacks in recent times inside courtrooms. BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga got relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case filed in Mohali for allegedly making provocative statements on social media.