Published on : 21 Nov 2025, 1:50 pm 4 min read

Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Friday defended his 2024 judgment in which he had batted for application of creamy layer principle to Scheduled Castes.

CJI Gavai was speaking at the farewell function organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on his last working day. He said he was severally criticized within his community for the 2024 judgment

He added that though a judge is not expected to defend his judgment, he would discuss the ruling since he no longer has to perform any judicial work.

" I gave an example that whether son of a chief secretary studying in the best of colleges in Delhi, St. Stephen's, can he be made to compete with a son of an agricultural labourer studying in a gram panchayat or zila

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