Bhubaneswar, May 23 -- The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether children of families that have already achieved social, educational and economic advancement through reservation should continue to receive benefits under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota system.

Hearing a petition challenging a Karnataka High Court judgment on creamy layer exclusion, Justice BV Nagarathna observed that once families attain social mobility through education and economic empowerment, continued reservation for their children raises important concerns.

"If both parents are IAS officers, why should they have reservations? With education and economic empowerment, there is social mobility," Justice Nagarathna remarked during the hearing before a bench...