The Bombay High Court verdict last month that upheld the Maharashtra government’s decision granting reservations to Marathas was a violation of judicial discipline, said Gunaratne Sadavarte, the lawyer who moved court against the Maratha reservation bill on behalf of his wife Jayashri Patil. 
Sadavarte was speaking to HuffPost India two days before the Supreme Court is due to hear a bunch of petitions challenging the verdict.
The high court judgment, delivered by a two-judge bench headed by Justice Ranjit More, had backed the controversial decision by the Devendra Fadnavis-led government but recommended reducing the quota percentage from 16% to 12-13%.  
This takes the overall reservation percentage in the state to 64-65% for education and government jobs, far higher than the 50% bar on quotas set by the Supreme Court.