An advocate who filed a petition against reservation quota granted to Maratha community was attacked by a youth outside the Mumbai High Court. The incident occurred when the lawyer Gunratna Sadavarte was briefing the media about the petition outside the court.

According to the police, Advocate Gunratna Sadavarte, had come to Mumbai High Court for a hearing of his petition against reservation for Maratha Community and was briefing them about the petition. Around 1.30 in the afternoon, when the briefing concluded and he was returning to the high court building, the attacker stepped forward raising a slogan "Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha" in support of the reservation and then attacked him. However, advocates and policemen present at the spot immediately arrested the attacker, who was later identified as Vaijnath Patil.