SC seeks Centre's reply on SC/ST creamy layer
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, requiring responses from 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 PIL - one by two individuals hailing from scheduled caste and OBC community, and other by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay - a bench headed by 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.
The bench said, "This is not a matter that can be decided routinely. We want to have benefit of every possible stakeholder to know as to what extent courts can interfere." htc...
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