Civil Services Examination

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court on Friday clarified the scope of its March 11 judgment on determining the creamy layer status of candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), ruling that it would apply to ongoing and subsequent selection processes but would not reopen completed appointments or service allocations. A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan declined to modify the earlier verdict, which held that parental income alone cannot determine whether an OBC candidate falls under the creamy layer. The assessment must also consider the posts and status held by parents in public sector…