{
  "id": 9680557,
  "title": "SC reserves order on Centre’s plea to defer OBC creamy layer ruling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/sc-reserves-order-on-centres-plea-to-defer-obc-creamy-layer-ruling",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T02:18:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-reserves-order-on-centre-s-plea-to-defer-obc-creamy-layer-ruling-101790277361577.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the Centre’s plea seeking prospective application of its March 11 judgment that held that other backward classes (OBC) candidates cannot be excluded from reservation benefits solely on the basis of their parents’ income",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Centre moves SC for 2-year window to implement OBC creamy layer verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/centre-moves-sc-for-2-year-window-to-implement-obc-creamy-layer",
        "published": "2026-09-24T23:29:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}