Amaravati: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday stated that he still holds the view that the creamy layer should be excluded from reservations to the Scheduled Castes.

He opined that the child of an IAS officer cannot be equated with the offspring of a poor agricultural labourer when it comes to reservations.

He was delivering a keynote address on ‘India and the Living Indian Constitution at 75 Years’ at a programme organised by Andhra Pradesh High Court Advocates Association on the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution.

The Chief Justice referred to last year’s judgment by a bench of seven judges on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs).

“Last year, we sat in seven judge combination to consider the issue with regard to the issue of sub-classification. Out of sev

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