The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling on OBC creamy layer criteria, which mandates considering parental job status alongside income levels for reservation eligibility.
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The Supreme Court previously ruled that parental job status must be considered alongside income to determine the creamy layer for OBC reservations.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling that parents' income cannot be the sole criterion for determining the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates.
The ruling had held that the status and category of a parent's job must also be considered, along with the Income/Wealth Test, while determining whether a candidate should be excluded from OBC reservation. The matter concerns the criteria used to determine the creamy layer, which identifies relatively advanced sections among OBCs who are excluded from the benefits of reservation. More details awaited.
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