New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear the Punjab government's petition against the Governor delaying two state bills only after the five judge constitution bench tasked with examining the President's powers and obligations in dealing with legislation arrives at a decision. A three judge bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria said the constitution bench's decision in the Presidential reference matter might end up answering all the questions posed in the present petition filed by Punjab government and hence, it was advisable to wait until then. The Court made the observations after the Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the union government, argued that the present petition raised issues of powers under Article 145 of the Constitution. Such matters, Mehta told the Court, "cannot be handled by a smaller bench." The Punjab government has moved the Court against the delay in the approval of two laws passed by its assembly in 2023 -- the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill and the Punjab Police (Amendment) Bill. The state has claimed that its bills were kept "in limbo" after Governor Banwarilal Purohit referred them to the President "arbitrarily" and without any constitutional justification....