A Supreme Court bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and N.V. Ramana on Friday refused to stay the HC judgment upholding Delhi LG's preeminent role in governance of the national capital, despite submissions by senior advocate and Delhi government's counsel, K.K. Venugopal, that the verdict "affects all future governments and all future relationships between the Centre and the State". The HC had upheld the LG's power not only over the police, land and public order but also in "services". The judgment had effectively shrunk the Kejriwal Cabinet's girth. Describing the prolonged Centre-Arvind Kejriwal turf war over who controls Delhi as an "extraordinary matter", the Supreme Court, however, agreed to lay down the law on whether the Lieutenant Governor (LG) can unilaterally administer the National Capital without being bound by the "aid and advice" of the elected government. In a boisterous hearing, bordering on the acrimonious, the bench issued a notice to the Union government on a batch of seven petitions filed by the Delhi government challenging the Delhi High Court's August 4 judgment.