Supreme Court bats for excluding creamy layer among SC/STs from reservation

A Constitution Bench on Thursday upheld the power of States to sub-classify the SC/STs into different groups based on their inter se backwardness for extending the benefits of reservation
Justice BR Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma with Supreme Court
Justice BR Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma with Supreme Court
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In what could come as a significant development in the field of affirmative action, the Supreme Court on Thursday called for identification of creamy layer among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) to take them out of the fold of affirmative action (reservation).

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