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

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

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

The UGC's new 2026 Equity Regulations aim to combat caste discrimination in higher education, mandating compliance and ...

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

How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, ...

The Supreme Court has framed four substantial questions of law in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the University Grants Commisison (Promotion of Equity in Higher ...

The steep rise in caste discrimination complaints in Indian universities has revealed a troubling paradox. Even as regulatory ...

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

UGC 2026 anti-discrimination rules face criticism as student groups protest potential harassment of general category students. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan assures fair grievance handling ami ...

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

On January 13, 2026, the University Grants Commission (UGC) unveiled the Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, an attempt to address discrimination in universities ...