A CJI Surya Kant led bench has kept the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 in abeyance.

On January 13, the University Grants Commission notified its much-awaited Regulations for tackling caste-discrimination in ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a PIL challenging UGC’s 2026 caste discrimination rules. Petitioners call the definition ‘draconian’ and unequal but what exactly do the regulations say, and ...

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

Court has been told that by restricting caste-based discrimination the Regulations perversely legitimise "reverse discrimination" while failing to promote the "full equity and inclusion" envisaged ...

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

To counter the claim that a decades-old desegregation policy at LAUSD discriminates against white students, let's start by ...

On this Special Report, Maria Shakeel anchors a heated debate on NewsTrack regarding the University Grants Commission's (UGC) ...

This edition of The News Today with Rajdeep Sardesai examines the landmark free trade agreement between India and the ...

On this India Today special report, the focus is on the controversial University Grants Commission (UGC) Equity Regulations ...

In September 2025, the Supreme Court directed the UGC to tighten anti-discrimination rules, including policies on ragging and caste bias in higher educational institutions.

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in ...