Plea in SC challenges exclusions

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, over concerns that the rules exclude 'general category' students from the grievance redressal mechanism and could lead to caste-based bias against them.

- FPJ News Service

The regulations, notified on January 13, apply to all higher educational institutions. Their stated objective is to "eradicate discrimination only on the basis of religion, race, gender, place of birth, caste, or disability, particularly against the members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, socially and educationally backward classes, economically weaker sections, persons with disabilities, or any of them, and to promote full equity and inclusion amongst the stakeholders in higher education institutions," Bar & Bench reports.