Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Ms. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue".
Sehinggam, pengadilan tersebut memutuskan bahwa "dalam pelantikan Ms. Jayalalithaa sebagai Ketua Menteri, terdapat pelanggaran jelas dari tujuan Konstitusional dan tindakan quo warranto harus dimajukan".