Kerala State Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments or Posts in the Services Under the State) Act, 1995

The Supreme Court examined the validity of the Kerala government's notification dated 27 May 2000, which accepted the Narendran Commission report on identifying the ‘creamy layer’ among Other Backward Classes. The petitioners, Nair Service Society, argued that the notification violated the Supreme Court’s earlier direc…

The Supreme Court examined the Kerala State Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments or Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1995, which sought to continue reservation for backward classes without excluding the "creamy layer" and claimed that no socially advanced sections existed in the state. The Court hel…

The Supreme Court revisited the implementation of its earlier Mandal judgment, which required the exclusion of socially advanced persons (the "creamy layer") from reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The State of Kerala had repeatedly failed to comply with the Court's directions despite multiple extensions, …