July 28, 2025
OBC Reservation and the CAPF Creamy Layer: A Constitutional and Policy Perspective
Author: Advocate Amit Kumar Sharma, Supreme Court of India Introduction The question of whether children of officers of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) fall within the “creamy layer” of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category is not merely a matter of administrative categorization. It delves into the core of India’s constitutional vision of substantive