The Hindu explainer on the Supreme Court's recent judgment clarifies creamy layer criteria for OBC candidates, impacting reservation eligibility for many.

When a government clarification strays from the spirit of the policy it is meant to explain, confusion is bound to follow. The Supreme Court recently cleared up ...

Top court says income alone cannot determine OBC creamy layer status; parental post and service category must also be ...

Currently, people whose families earn more than Rs 8 lakh annually are generally classified as belonging to the creamy layer ...

The Supreme Court held that OBC creamy layer status cannot be determined solely by parental income. It clarified that the parents' post and status must also be considered, dismissing central ...

The court said that adopting an interpretation that disadvantages one segment of the same backward class without rational ...

The top court's judgment comes in a case aimed at resolving decades-long confusion over the application of the income/wealth test under the “creamy layer” rules.

On March 11, the Supreme Court stepped in to fix a rule that was allegedly unfair to some UPSC aspirants from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communi ...

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Students involved in legal challenges were successful Civil Services Examination candidates whose OBC (non-creamy layer) status was rejected based on parents’ salaries.

Supreme Court rules parental income cannot solely determine OBC creamy layer status, impacting civil service reservation eligibility.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate’s OBC “creamy layer” status cannot be decided solely on the basis of their parents’ salary income. The judgment is expected to affect many civil service ...