{"id":54182,"date":"2018-09-27T12:38:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54182"},"modified":"2018-09-27T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T07:09:00","slug":"creamy-layer-is-applicable-in-sc-st-reservations-says-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/creamy-layer-is-applicable-in-sc-st-reservations-says-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Layer is Applicable in SC\/ST Reservations says Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"54183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/creamy-layer-is-applicable-in-sc-st-reservations-says-supreme-court\/reservation\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reservation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/reservation.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Supreme Court on Wednesday has introduce a framework in reservations in promotions for SC\/ST\u00a0but has also introduced OBC quota type creamy layer principal.\u00a0The creamy layer is a concept that puts an income ceiling on people availing of caste-wise reservations in government jobs and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held that a constitutional court is empowered to strike down any reservation meant for a creamy layer among the most backward classes.\u00a0Till now, this was only applicable for reservations under the Other Backward Classes quota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will not be possible if only the creamy layer within that class bag all the coveted jobs in the public sector and perpetuate themselves, leaving the rest of the class as backward as they always were,&#8221; noted the bench. 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