Disha Wadekar says existing regulations already address complaints of victimisation and harassment from any student, ...
The petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC regulations “institutionalise a narrow and exclusionary ...
Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much p ...
The UGC's new 2026 Equity Regulations aim to combat caste discrimination in higher education, mandating compliance and ...
Petitions argue the 2026 regulations limit protection to reserved categories as students protest nationwide seeking inclusion ...
A Supreme Court plea challenges a new UGC rule. The rule defines caste discrimination narrowly, excluding students and ...
The writ petition by Advocate Vineet Jindal said the regulations notified on January 13, 2026 “adopts an exclusionary, ...
BJP office bearers and a city magistrate in Uttar Pradesh resign over UGC’s 2026 caste discrimination regulations, citing ...
The earlier rules struggled to confront entrenched biases, especially those faced by marginalized communities. The new ...
The court suggests that the regulations must be revisited by a committee comprising eminent jurists. The regulations are ...
While staying the 2026 UGC regulations in its entirety, a bench of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi termed the language of the provision that defines "caste-based ...
The petition argues that by confining the scope of caste-based discrimination strictly to SC, ST, and OBC groups, the ...