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The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the legislation providing 27% quota for other backward castes (OBCs) in centrally funded educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs.

The “creamy layer” from amongst the OBCs, however, will remain out of the quota’s ambit. A review of the quota’s continuation would have to be done every five years, the apex court said.

The judgment seemed to have created some confusion in the minds of students aspiring for admission in the IIMs, in view of the judgments rendered by Justice Arijit Pasayat, for himself and Justice C.K. Thakker and Justice Dalveer Bhandari.

The full judgment is linked below:

http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/qrydisp.aspx?filename=31230