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The Supreme Court has decided to hear the demand for implementing ‘creamy layer’ in SC/ST reservation. This petition has been filed by Ramashankar Prajapati. He says that most of the rich and strong classes of SC/ST are getting the benefit of reservation, while poor people are left behind.
The petition states that SC/ST reservation should have two levels, first the economically weaker people, then the rest. A bench of Justices Suryakant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi has issued a notice to the Central Government and will have a next hearing on October 10.
The petitioner cited the 2024 Devinder Singh case, in which the Supreme Court said that even in SC/ST, ‘creamy layer’ i.e. rich class can be identified and can be excluded from reservation. The court had admitted that it would bring real equality only by doing so.
August 9, 2024- Center said- Creamy layer will not be applicable The central government announced on 9 August 2024 that the creamy layer would not be implemented in the reservation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/ST). After the cabinet meeting, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in the press conference that the NDA government is bound by the constitution created by BR Ambedkar. There is no provision of creamy layer in SC/ST reservation in this constitution.
The Supreme Court had said- all can create categories in state reservation
The Supreme Court had reversed its own decision on 1 August 2024, saying- State Governments will now be able to give quota in quota in SC, ie SC reservation. Dividing the scheduled castes on the basis of the castes involved in it is not against Article-341 of the Constitution.
Justice BR Gawai, who included in the bench of 7 judges, had said that states should also develop a policy between Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) to identify creamy layers and refuse to give them the benefit of reservation. Read full news …