Pointing out that Article 15(5) of the Constitution, which introduced SC/ST/SEBC reservation in higher educational institutions, does not apply to institutions with a minority status, Mehta said, "Therefore, the Aligarh Muslim University...one of the finest universities recognized would not have reservations for SC, ST and SEBC and they would have at least 50% reservation for Muslims. So a deserving candidate of a Scheduled Caste,, Scheduled Tribe or a Socially and Educationally Backward Class would not have the reservation but a person having all economic everything under based on his religion, would have reservation in AMU," according to a report by LiveLaw.