{"id":32793,"date":"2018-10-29T16:27:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32793"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:27:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:57:41","slug":"the-creamy-layer-of-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-creamy-layer-of-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"The creamy layer of social justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The creamy layer of social justice<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Shyam Babu has talked about public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Samta Andolan Samiti that seeks the removal of creamy layer among the SC\/STs in job reservations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important Analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. SC in Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta<\/strong>, held that the government need not collect quantifiable data belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC\/STs) to provide reservations for them in promotions that was stipulated by its 2006 verdict in Nagaraj v. Union of India (2006)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. In Nagaraj case, court had ignored the ruling of Indra Sawhney case, 1992<\/strong> that any discussion on creamy layer \u201chas no relevance\u201d in the context of SC\/STs.<\/li>\n
    3. However, in its current ruling, the court was silent about the core issue whether the \u2018creamy layer\u2019 among SC\/STs should be barred from obtaining promotions through reservations.<\/li>\n
    4. Argument in favor of removal of Creamy Layer among SC\/ST in Job reservation:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n