Exclusion of 'creamy layer' from reservation is legislature's call: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the executive and the legislature would decide whether persons, who had availed quota benefits and were in a position to compete with others, were to be excluded from reservation. Photograph: Ishant/ANI Photo A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih made the observation on a plea referring to a seven-judge Constitution bench judgment of the apex court in August last year. "We have given our view that taking into consideration the past 75 ...