Sibal : when we look back at 1950 when we became a republic , where were these higher educational institutions? there were none. the only 5-6 universities were the University of Calcutta, the University of Lahore, University of Madras, and University of Allahabad.. that's all!

CJI ; Bombay University had jurisdiction over present-day Karnataka, Gujarat and if I am not mistaken parts of Singh as well

Sibal : correct...therefore there were hardly any institutions of higher education, there were only 14% of the 300 million people (in India) was educated