The petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC regulations “institutionalise a narrow and exclusionary ...

Disha Wadekar says existing regulations already address complaints of victimisation and harassment from any student, ...

The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging new UGC regulations on higher education equity. Critics argue the rules define caste discrimination too narrowly, excluding potential bias against ...

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 court suggests that the regulations must be revisited by a committee comprising eminent jurists. The regulations are ...

Petitions argue the 2026 regulations limit protection to reserved categories as students protest nationwide seeking inclusion ...

Left-backed groups such as the All India Students’ Association and the Students’ Federation of India held marches across ...

Supreme Court stays UGC Regulation 2026 on caste discrimination, asks Centre to redraft rules for equity in higher education ...

A Supreme Court plea challenges a new UGC rule. The rule defines caste discrimination narrowly, excluding students and ...

The UGC's new 2026 Equity Regulations aim to combat caste discrimination in higher education, mandating compliance and ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the University Grants Commission’s 2026 equity regulations dealing with the definition of caste discrimination, raising serious concerns about their ...

The petition argues that by confining the scope of caste-based discrimination strictly to SC, ST, and OBC groups, the ...