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CJI Gavai reaffirms creamy layer should be excluded from SC reservations.

He urges states to develop policies to identify creamy layer among SCs and STs.

The Chief Justice highlights equality, liberty, and fraternity as pillars of the Constitution.

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday reaffirmed his stance on excluding the creamy layer in reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs).

Addressing the programme “ India and the Living Indian Constitution at 75 Years”, Gavai observed that children of high-ranking officials like IAS officers cannot be compared with those of poor agricultural labourers when it comes to reservation benefits. “I also went further and took a view that the concept of creamy layer, as has been found in the judgment of Indra Sawhney (vs U

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