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CJI Gavai Backs Exclusion Of Creamy Layer In SC Reservation: ‘Children Of IAS Officer Can’t…’ | India News

CJI Gavai Backs Exclusion Of Creamy Layer In SC Reservation: ‘Children Of IAS Officer Can’t…’ | India News

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Last Updated:November 16, 2025, 18:24 IST CJI Gavai said he supported the exclusion of creamy layer from reservations to the Scheduled Castes, saying the children of an IAS officer can’t be equated to those of a labourer. Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai. (PTI file photo) Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday said he still supported the exclusion of the creamy layer in reservations to the Scheduled Castes, saying that children of an IAS officer can not be equated with those of a poor agricultural labourer. Addressing a programme, CJI Gavai said, “I also went further and took a view that the concept of creamy layer, as has been found in the judgment of Indra Sawhney (vs Union of India & Others). What is applicable to the Other Backward Classes should also be made applicable to Scheduled Castes, though my judgment has been widely criticised on that issue.” “But I still hold that judges are not supposed to normally justify their judgments, and I still have about a week to go (retirement),” …

Supreme Court ‘Chief Justice-centric’, must change: Justice Abhay Oka in farewell message | Latest News India

Supreme Court ‘Chief Justice-centric’, must change: Justice Abhay Oka in farewell message | Latest News India

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Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, for whom Friday marked the last day as a Supreme Court judge, has said that the apex court is currently a “chief justice-centric court” and that needs to be changed. Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka during the farewell function organised for him by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).(YouTube/SupremeCourtBarAssociation) Justice Oka, who was addressing the farewell function organised for him by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that the top court has judges from different parts of the country and that should be reflected. “Supreme Court is a chief justice-centric court and it needs to change. Supreme Court has about 34 judges from different parts of the country and that should be reflected,” he said, according to Bar and Bench. Justice Oka also expressed confidence that the change would be reflected under the tenure of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai.  “I’m sure you will see that change with the new CJI,” he said, according to Live Law. Also Read | Supreme Court judge Oka returns a day after losing mother, …

Waqf Amendment Act, Supreme Court, Chief Justice BR Gavai: Waqf Islamic Concept, But Not Essential Part Of Islam: Centre Defends Law

Waqf Amendment Act, Supreme Court, Chief Justice BR Gavai: Waqf Islamic Concept, But Not Essential Part Of Islam: Centre Defends Law

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Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. The Centre defended the Waqf Amendment Act in the Supreme Court, stating Waqf is not essential to Islam and emphasising its secular functions. New Delhi: Waqf is an Islamic concept, but it is not an essential part of Islam, the Centre told the Supreme Court today while defending the Waqf Amendment Act that has sparked protests and prompted a legal challenge. “Waqf is an Islamic concept, no doubt about it, but it is not an essential part of Islam. Waqf is not a fundamental right,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Centre. He said the government is the custodian of property of 140 crore citizens and it was the State’s duty to ensure that public property is not diverted illegally. “A false narrative is created that they will have to provide documents, or Waqf is captured en masse.” Solicitor General Mehta said Waqf is for charity and a Waqf board only discharges secular functions. Countering the petitioners’ arguments against including non-Muslim members in Waqf bodies, he said, “Having …

Justice BR Gavai Takes Oath As 52nd Chief Justice, Will Have 6-Month Tenure

Justice BR Gavai Takes Oath As 52nd Chief Justice, Will Have 6-Month Tenure

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Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai took oath as the 52nd Chief Justice of India at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan today. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice BR Gavai, who succeeds Justice Sanjiv Khanna in the country’s top judicial post. After the oath, Chief Justice Gavai was congratulated by President Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and other members of the Union Cabinet. Former Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna was also at the function to wish his successor all the best. Chief Justice Gavai will be at the top post for six months before he retires in November. The senior jurist joined the Bar in 1985 and practised before the Bombay High Court. He became an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in 2003 and a permanent judge in 2005. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 2019. As a judge of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Gavai has been part of several landmark judgments, including the verdict upholding the …