As India debates caste discrimination once again aftert the new UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulation 2026, in courts, campuses, and politics, a large-scale Pew ...

The Supreme Court found prima facie merit in concerns that the 2026 rules, especially the definition of caste-based discrimination under Regulation 3(c), were vague and open to misuse. The bench ...

Statewide protests against the UGC’s new equity regulations intensified on Wednesday, with students, lawyers and local leade ...

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ordered that the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 r ...

Several students claimed that the regulations could create mistrust in classrooms and hostels, further exacerbating caste divisions.

Staying the operation of the new regulations, the court ordered that the earlier 2012 UGC regulations on caste-based discrimination would continue to remain in force until further orders.

On this Special Report, the focus is on the escalating protests at Delhi University against the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new equity regulations. Students from the general category have ...

The Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the UGC’s new anti-discrimination rules notified on January 13, citing serious concerns over their language and possible misuse. During a brief hearing, ...

India’s Supreme Court has stayed the UGC’s 2026 anti-caste discrimination regulations, warning they could divide society and unfairly exclude general category students from grievance redressal in ...

The protesting students took to the streets not only in Delhi but also in several areas of Uttar Pradesh including Agra, ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the UGC Equity Regulations, saying the provisions are vague and open to misuse, and asked the Union government to redraft the rules.

Agnihotri, a 2019-batch PCS officer, resigned on January 26 in protest against the UGC regulations and the alleged insult of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand.