New Delhi, May 6 -- In a matter pertaining to reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court orally remarked that reservations in the country are akin to a railway journey, where those who are already inside the train, are now resisting the inclusion of others.

"Reservation business in this country has become like a railway. Those who have entered the coach, entered the bogey, they don't want anyone else to enter.", the top-court judge said, implying that such are the claims made by the petitioner before it.

The Court was hearing a plea filed by one Mangesh Shankar Sasane who raised the issue of OBC reservation granted in elections merely on the basis of social backwardness without ascertaining political...