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A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and the UGC on the various pleas challenging the regulation, contending that the Commission adopted a non-inclusionary definition of caste-based discrimination and excluded certain categories from institutional protection

SC stays UGC regulation on caste-based discrimination

January 29, 2026, 03:24 PM - 2 min read

The new regulations mandating all higher education institutions to form “equity committees” to look into discrimination complaints and promote equity were notified on January 13

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The petition submitted that “by design and operation, this definition accords legal recognition of victimhood exclusively to certain reserved categories and categorically excludes persons belonging to general or upper castes from it protective ambit, regardless of the nature, gravity, or context of discrimination suffered by them”.

Uproar against new UGC equity regulations grows

January 28, 2026, 10:20 AM - 2 min read

The latest petition has been filed by an advocate named Vineet Jindal, who says that Regulation 3(c) of the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, allows for an exclusionary, asymmetric and caste-specific definition of ‘caste-based discrimination’ that denies equal protection of law to a substantial section of citizens solely on the basis of caste

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