ADVERTISEMENT“There is a possibility of discrimination against general class students,” the counsel appearing for one of the petitioners said. Two PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the UGC regulations for defining caste-based bias strictly as discrimination against members of the SCs, STs and OBCs. 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. It mandated that these committees must include members from OBC, SC, ST and persons with disabilities categories, and women. The new regulations replace the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012, which were largely advisory in nature.

Source: The Telegraph January 28, 2026 23:18 UTC