Indian Supreme Court Questions Reservation Benefits for 'Well-Placed' Families

'If both parents IAS officers, why reservations': SC questions quota for well-off kids

By TNN

‘Why should they have it?’: SC questions if children from ‘well-placed’ families get reservation benefits

The bench questioned whether children of socially mobile and financially secure parents should continue to claim reservation benefits.

‘If both parents are IAS officers…’ SC says those who have prospered should opt out of reservation

'If Parents Are IAS Officers, Why Reservation For Their Children?': Supreme Court

Before the case reached the Supreme Court, the authorities noted that both parents were government employees and that their combined income exceeded the prescribed creamy layer threshold