Supreme Court of India

Nair Service Society v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2007] 3 S.C.R. 149
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 23 February 2007

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Consitution of India, 1950. Articles 14, 15, & 16-Mandal Commission Report- 'Creamy layer'­ Guide/ines issued in Indra Sawhney-1 directing States to identify 'Creamy layer' amongst backward classes to exclude them from purview of reservation-State of Kera/a not complying with the said directions­ Committee constituted by Chief Justice of Kera/a High Court at the request of Supreme Court-Report of Committee accepted in Indra Sawhney-11 and State directed to implement recommendations of Committee till State determines its own criteria for determining 'creamy layer-State not complying with the

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