The UGC’s 2026 Equity Regulations have sparked upper-caste outrage and exposed deep caste anxieties. The rules strengthen ...

Petition by Vineet Jindal assails UGC Regulation 3(c) of the 2026 Equity Regulations for defining caste-based discrimination only against SC, ST, and OBC, calling it exclusionary and unconstitutional.

Earmarking jobs for economically weaker sections is necessary but considering these under reservation based on group identity ...

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

Radhika Vemula & Abeda Tadvi channelled the grief of losing their children to caste discrimination by filing a PIL.

Why have there been protests? How have the regulations defined caste-based discrimination? Why were new regulations ...

The Supreme Court’s interim return to the 2012 UGC rules reveals a deeper discomfort with caste-based remedies. The pause ...

The Supreme Court has put the UGC’s 2026 equity regulations on hold and revived the 2012 framework, flagging concerns that the new rules could create unequal access to grievance redressal. At the ...

Regulations, 2026, triggered protests by a section of general category students. On January 29, 2026, Supreme Court stayed ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) ...

Jaipur: Despite the Supreme Court having stayed the new UGC guidelines to promote equity in higher educational institutions, several upper caste group.

The Court’s intervention in the UGC’s equity regulations reveals how caste redress is diluted by administrative control, political signalling, and judicial caution.