Mumbai: Former Chief Justice of India B R Gavai has said he has been "widely criticised" by people from his own community for stating in a judgement that the creamy layer principle should be applied to reservation for the Scheduled Castes.

In Dr B R Ambedkar's view, affirmative action was like providing a bicycle to someone who is lagging behind, Gavai said, asking whether Ambedkar thought that such a person should never give up the bicycle. Ambedkar did not think so, he claimed.

Gavai, who retired as CJI recently, was delivering a lecture on "Role of Affirmative Action in Promoting Equal Opportunity" at Mumbai University on Saturday.

STORY | Faced criticism from my own community for advocating creamy layer principle: Ex-CJI Gavai

Former Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Saturday sa

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