Talks continue across 123 urban local bodies as coalition leaders balance municipal ambitions and caste reservations.
The state cabinet approved empirical recommendations averaging a 28% statutory quota, while ruling parties pledged to boost total candidates to 34%.
The bench ruled that the state government failed to provide the rigorous empirical data needed to exceed the 50% reservation cap.
More than 40 million voters are eligible to cast ballots across redrawn local boundaries after the election commission finalised the schedule.
