Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Sunday (November 16, 2025) affirmed that he is still for exclusion of creamy layer in reservations to Scheduled Castes.

Addressing a programme "India and the Living Indian Constitution at 75 Years", Justice Gavai opined that children of an IAS officer can not be equated with the offsprings of a poor agricultural labourer when it comes to reservations.