Petition Filed in Supreme Court to Prevent Creamy Layer from Availing Benefits
Published on 20 Jan 2018 by Tushar
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In what could turn out to be a significant litigation in the coming months, certain persons belonging to Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe (SC/ST) communities have moved the Supreme Court seeking exclusion of the creamy layer from availing benefits accorded to SC/STs.
The petition came up for hearing today a Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, which directed that a copy of the petition be served on the Central Agency within a week.
Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for the petitioner. Based on the above, the petitioners have prayed for a direction to be issued to the Respondents to exclude the creamy layer from availing benefits meant for the SC/STs.
Source: BarandBench
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