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, ...

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

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

The earlier rules struggled to confront entrenched biases, especially those faced by marginalized communities. The new ...

The writ petition by Advocate Vineet Jindal said the regulations notified on January 13, 2026 “adopts an exclusionary, ...

A Supreme Court plea challenges a new UGC rule. The rule defines caste discrimination narrowly, excluding students 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 Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging new UGC regulations on higher education equity. Critics argue the rules define ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the UGC regulation pertaining to the definition of caste discrimination.