{"id":18928,"date":"2026-09-01T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18928"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:32:37","slug":"obc-creamy-layer-status-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-centres-plea-against-parents-income-only-criteria-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18928","title":{"rendered":"OBC creamy layer status: Supreme Court agrees to hear Centre&#8217;s plea against parents&#8217; income-only criteria | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133677403,imgsize-189608,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/supreme-court.jpg\" alt=\"OBC creamy layer status: Supreme Court agrees to hear Centre's plea against parents' income-only criteria\" title=\"SC agrees to hear Centre's plea on OBC creamy layer ruling\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"SC agrees to hear Centre's plea on OBC creamy layer ruling\">SC agrees to hear Centre&#8217;s plea on OBC creamy layer ruling<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday agreed to hear the Centre&#8217;s plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling that parents&#8217; income cannot be the sole criterion for determining the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/govt-seeks-2-years-to-frame-creamy-layer-criteria-for-psu-private-staff-kids\/articleshow\/133524157.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Govt seeks 2 years to frame creamy layer criteria for PSU, private staff kids<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The ruling had held that the status and category of a parent&#8217;s job must also be considered, along with the Income\/Wealth Test, while determining whether a candidate should be excluded from OBC reservation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The matter concerns the criteria used to determine the creamy layer, which identifies relatively advanced sections among OBCs who are excluded from the benefits of reservation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>More details awaited.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/obc-creamy-layer-status-sc-agrees-to-hear-centres-plea-against-parents-income-only-criteria\/articleshow\/133674792.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC agrees to hear Centre&#8217;s plea on OBC creamy layer ruling NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Centre&#8217;s plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling that parents&#8217; income cannot be the sole criterion for determining the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates.Also read: Govt seeks 2 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/supreme-court.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"SC agrees to hear Centre&#8217;s plea on OBC creamy layer ruling NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Centre&#8217;s plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling that parents&#8217; 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