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

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

The UGC’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations 2026, notified on January 13, sought to address ...

What is caste and caste discrimination? “Caste” or a “caste system” is a social hierarchy passed down through families and can dictate an individual’s permissible professions as well as aspects of ...

The writ petition by Advocate Vineet Jindal said the regulations notified on January 13, 2026 “adopts an exclusionary, ...

Petitions argue the 2026 regulations limit protection to reserved categories as students protest nationwide seeking inclusion ...

The  ruling in Keshaw Mahto vs State of Bihar raises a difficult but necessary question: can caste humiliation be legally recognised if it does not announce itself in explicit words, but lives on ...

The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging new UGC regulations on higher education equity. Critics argue the rules define ...

Seattle is the first American city to protect people against discrimination based on caste. California could become the first state. Seattle, as we have reported, is the first American city to protect ...

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

A Supreme Court plea challenges a new UGC rule. The rule defines caste discrimination narrowly, excluding students and ...

(RNS) — Hindu organizations need to cease the knee-jerk response of branding public discussions of caste as Hinduphobic and acknowledge the inhumanity, injustice and oppression of the system. (RNS) — ...