Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...

New Delhi, A plea was filed in the Supreme Court challenging a recently notified University Grants Commission regulation, alleging that it has adopted a non-inclusionary definition of caste-based ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a recent University Grants Commission (UGC) regulation after various pleas were filed contending that the Commission adopted a non-inclusionary definition of caste ...

Teltumbde argues that the inherent definition of caste is divisive, and that the number of castes has recently multiplied. (ISTOCKPHOTO) Anand Teltumbde, an academic and an activist, has written an ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) 2026 equity regulations pertaining to the definition of caste discrimination, and issued notices to the ...

New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, notified on January 23, ...

Petition by Vineet Jindal assails UGC Regulation 3(c) of the 2026 Equity Regulations for defining caste-based discrimination only against SC, ST, and OBC, calling it exclusionary and unconstitutional.

The plea in Supreme Court submitted that regulation 3(c) of the recently notified UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 is "non-inclusionary" and fails to ...

NEW DELHI: A second plea challenging the recent UGC notification was filed in the Supreme Court, alleging that it uses a non-inclusive definition of caste-based discrimination and denies institutional ...