Supreme Court Says Salary Alone Can't Set OBC Creamy Layer
The Supreme Court has ruled that a person's salary by itself cannot decide whether they belong to the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes. The creamy layer refers to better-off members of OBC groups who may be excluded from certain reservation benefits. The ruling sets a clearer test for who counts as well-off.
Context
Context: The creamy layer idea was set out by the Supreme Court in the 1992 Indra Sawhney case to stop reservation benefits going only to the richest OBC families. Income is one of the factors used to decide who falls inside it, and the rules have been revisited over time.
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