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January 30, 2026, 06:05 PM - 6 min read
It is highly improbable that India can ever move to a stage of “casteless society” as everything is dominated, determined and decided in terms of caste proportions and merit is made a secondary option.
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January 30, 2026, 09:34 AM - 3 min read
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Baghchi observed that the framework can have “very sweeping consequences” and may end up dividing the society with a “dangerous impact”
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January 29, 2026, 03:24 PM - 2 min read
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
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January 28, 2026, 06:05 PM - 3 min read
"We know what's happening. Make sure defects are cured. We will list it," CJI Kant said.University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 was notified on January 13 and applies to all higher educational institutions in India.
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January 28, 2026, 10:20 AM - 2 min read
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
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January 27, 2026, 09:10 PM - 5 min read
The new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, of the University Grants Commission (UGC) which has triggered protests and demonstrations at several places aims at replacing a 2012 anti-discrimination framework and making it binding for higher education institutions (HEI) to implement it.
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January 27, 2026, 03:57 PM - 7 min read
Since the BJP’s opponents have consistently and continuously been trying to identify the party with the upper castes even describing it as “Manuvadi” (who believe in the doctrine of Manusmriti), the party wants to shed that image.
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April 24, 2025, 08:23 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to notify the draft regulations 2025 which deal with ragging, sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of caste, gender, disability, among other biases in institutions of higher learning.
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January 26, 2025, 03:00 PM - 2 min read
Reddy, who said he is speaking to Chief Ministers of other southern states over the issue, vowed to put up a collective fight.
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January 25, 2025, 10:23 PM - 2 min read
The party's MPs would also take part in the protest against the Centre, which was attempting to snatch the education rights of the states, said CM.
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January 20, 2025, 08:28 PM - 4 min read
The state believed that many provisions in the draft regulations might pose serious challenges to the academic integrity, autonomy, and inclusive development of state universities, he said.
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