New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that carving out a creamy layer among scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is a "sensitive" issue, one that requires responses from the Centre and all possible stakeholders on the extent to which courts can interfere on this subject.

With the plea coming up for consideration before the court in two public interest litigations (PIL) - one by two individuals hailing from scheduled caste and OBC community, and other by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay - a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "This is a sensitive issue. We don't know as per law, what should happen in this matter," and posted the matter after six weeks to know the Centre's view on this issue....