Datar: We can look at multiple cases where High Courts have applied 50% and struck down the laws. After Indra Sawhney, the 50% limit has been reiterated by four Constitution Bench judgements, including Nagaraj. Even recent Justice Arun Mishra judgment has touched upon it.

Bench: That is why they want to make this Bench doubt.

Datar: The doubt should precede application. It shouldn’t be the other way around.