https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194694 Exclusion of the creamy layer is treated as an integral requirement of Articles 14 and 16(4), and reservation criteria must realistically identify persons who have advanced socially and economically beyond backwardness. The text criticises terms of reference and commission recommendations that aimed to maximise protection for backward classes without rationally reassessing whether individuals had crossed the threshold of backwardness; those terms and recommendations were unsustainable. It also rejects extending protection merely because a person follows a hereditary occupation, and disapproves abrupt enhancement of the income ceiling without scientific justification or cogent reasons for departing from earlier accepted criteria. A fresh reconsideration through a new commission was directed. en-us Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194694 Exclusion of the creamy layer is treated as an integral requirement of Articles 14 and 16(4), and reservation criteria must realistically identify persons who have advanced socially and economically beyond backwardness. The text criticises terms of reference and commission recommendations that aimed to maximise protection for backward classes without rationally reassessing whether individuals had crossed the threshold of backwardness; those terms and recommendations were unsustainable. It also rejects extending protection merely because a person follows a hereditary occupation, and disapproves abrupt enhancement of the income ceiling without scientific justification or cogent reasons for departing from earlier accepted criteria. A fresh reconsideration through a new commission was directed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194694