New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India on Friday questioned whether children from families that have already attained educational and economic advancement through reservation should continue receiving its benefits, observing that such upward mobility should place them within the creamy layer category and exclude them from further reservation benefits. The remarks came from a Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan while hearing a special leave petition (SLP) challenging a…
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New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and all state governments on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of the “creamy layer” principle in reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the Union government as well as all state governments on the writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by advocate…