Top Law News Merit seat reserved for women can be given to men: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If requisite merit is not available for the seats reserved for women, the seat can be given to male candidates, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Justice Jayant Patel and Justice J.C. Upadhayaya has ruled that reservation for women is horizontal and not vertical. ‘In respect of seats for women, the merit will be at […] Read more » Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.C. Upadhayaya Justice Jayant Patel men Merit reserved seat women