The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if misused.

Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much p ...

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

Explore the UGC's 2026 anti-discrimination regulations, highlighting progress, concerns, and expert critiques on caste-based ...

The BJP, despite its umbrella Hindutva assertion, has been more successful than other parties in cobbling coalitions with ...

Seeking a reply from the Centre, the Supreme Court also told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the government must ...

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

The refusal to acknowledge casteism is a structural response to Dalit assertion, an indignation sparked by outspoken Dalit, Adivasi and OBC students. Students who file caste discrimination complaints ...

The UGC introduced new rules earlier this year to stop caste discrimination on campuses. It also set up a national monitoring ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recently notified rules to prevent caste discrimination in campuses has been ...

What is the UGC rule on caste discrimination? The University Grants Commission has notified new equity regulations to address discrimination in higher education institutions, following Supreme Court ...

The UGC guidelines to tackle caste-based discrimination at universities have resulted in widespread backlash from general ...