Uproar against new UGC equity regulations grows

The latest petition has been filed by an advocate named Vineet Jindal, who says that Regulation 3(c) of the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, allows for an exclusionary, asymmetric and caste-specific definition of ‘caste-based discrimination’ that denies equal protection of law to a substantial section of citizens solely on the basis of caste