New Delhi, March 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that creamy layer status in OBC reservations cannot be determined solely on the basis of parents' income, clarifying that the status and category of the post held by the parents must also be taken into account.

A bench of Justices R Mahadevan and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha delivered the ruling while dismissing civil appeals filed by the Central government - Ministry of Personnel and Training (MoPT) challenging judgments which had granted relief to certain OBC candidates in the Civil Services Examination.

The Court was hearing appeals filed by the Union government against decisions of the CAT (the Central Administrative Tribunal) and High Courts, which had held that OBC candidate...