MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply on whether there are possibilities of law and order problems after the release of Prakash Jha‘s Aarakshan for its alleged anti-reservation stand.

A notice was sent to the government after a division bench of Justices DD Sinha and AR Joshi heard a petition of two advocates stating that the film was one on anti-reservation and was likely to cause disharmony in the community.
 
The Additional Chief Secretary of State Home department will file a reply regarding possibility of law and order problems after the film is released and if there is any problem, the state government is well-equipped to handle the situation," Justice Sinha ordered.

The government has to file a reply by 5 August.

Meanwhile, Jha has refuted allegations that his film was anti-reservationionist in nature and had in an affidavit said that the movie was based on the commercialisation of the education system in present day society.