Questioning whether the families of affluent Scheduled Caste
(SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) individuals should continue to benefit
reservations, the Supreme Court proposed adding the 'creamy layer' qualifier
for the communities as well. The Supreme Court was remarking on whether
reservations need to be provided to SCs and STs in perpetuity. The court said
that suppose there was a caste which was backward 50 years ago and now it has
sections of creamy layer. Why can’t court say don’t treat unequals as equals
because the whole idea (behind reservation) is to give a leg up to those
deserving, not to someone who already has both legs up on the fan. The
advancing of arguments would resume on August 29.
DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
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