The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 11) ruled that income cannot be the sole criterion to decide the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and settled the long-pending question of equivalence between PSUs and private sector employees and those in the government sector.
Those included in the ‘creamy layer’ are not entitled to OBC reservation benefits. Here is what the long-running issue is about, and its possible impact.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a verdict reserved on October 30, 2025. The division Bench of justice PS Narasimha and justice R Mahadevan held that, “The object of excluding the creamy layer is…not to create artificial distinctions…