Justice Bhat: One pertinent question at this stage is whether there are any horizontal reservations. Karnataka is 30%, UP is 20%.

Datar: If reservation is completely vertical, then I don’t think there are reservations for women, physically challenged etc.

Datar: It’s a pure vertical reservation. I don’t think they’ve made any horizontal reservations. Our principle submission before Bombay HC was that after Indra Sawhney, the 50% limit could not be crossed.

Datar: It would be putting all logic on its head that Maharashtra is a remote far-flung area. This was not the intention of Indra Sawhney. It was to avoid rigidity. In North-East States, it has increased because it was needed. But, same Can’t be said for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.