In Brief
Three Miscellaneous Applications were filed seeking directions to implement 'post-based reservation', apply the 'creamy layer' principle at entry level, and ensure Nagaraj-compliant implementation of Karnataka's 2018 Reservation Act. The applicants framed these as requests for directions rather than substantive challenges. The Supreme Court held that applications styled as requests for directions, which in substance seek to challenge Government actions implementing a validly upheld statute, are not maintainable. The Court reiterated that nomenclature is irrelevant; substance determines maintainability. Applicants cannot bypass prescribed procedural remedies by invoking the Court's inherent powers. The Court dismissed the applications but left open independent remedies available to applicants.
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