Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Creamy Layer Exclusion from SC/ST Reservations

The Supreme Court has issued notice in a writ petition by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging the non-exclusion of the creamy layer from SC/ST reservations.

The petition argues that granting quotas to the creamy layer violates Articles 14, 15, 16, 17, 38, 41, 46, 51-A(j), and 335, and undermines the purpose of reservations for socio-economic justice.

The Court will examine whether reservations should be limited to underprivileged members within SC/ST categories, following the principles highlighted in State of Punjab v Davinder Singh.

The plea has been tagged with another pending matter, Ramashankar Prajapati v Union of India.

[Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. UOI]