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"Vague": SC stays UGC 2026 regulations on pleas challenging definition of
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, notified on January 23, 2026 which was challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the of th
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"No need to comment on court's order": UP DyCM Keshav Prasad Maurya on SC'
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that there's no need to comment on the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations and assured that the government will comply with the order.
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"Govt absolutely abdicated its responsibility": Priyanka Chaturvedi welcom
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Welcoming the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday criticised the central government for "abdicating its responsibility," following widespread backlash on the regulations.
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"SC's stay on UGC's new rules is appropriate": Mayawati
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations is "appropriate," given the current "social tensions" in the universities against these regulations.
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"True justice doesn't involve injustice to anyone": Akhilesh Yadav's welco
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations.
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"Victory for us, guidelines were divisive:" Lucknow University students we
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The new UGC regulations, notified on January 23, were challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the Constitution as well as the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
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MP High Court grants bail to Nomoex founders, notes complainants plea of p
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During the arguments in the court, the counsel for the applicants submitted that it was purely a civil transaction between the parties
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Students protest against new UGC guidelines at DU North Campus
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Students, mostly belonging to the general category, staged a protest on Wednesday at Delhi University's North Campus against the newly notified University Grants Commission (UGC) equity rules, demanding their immediate withdrawal.
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Kerala court grants bail to expelled MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in third sexua
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Pathanamthitta District Court in Kerala granted bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a sexual assault case.
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Delhi HC grants time to NIA, renotifies matter for April in Yasin Malik de
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) four weeks' further time to file its rejoinder in the agency's appeal seeking the death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the terror funding case, and renotified the matter for hearing in
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"Educational institutions will become centres of controversy": Bar Council
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BJP MP in Rajya Sabha and Chairman of Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra, criticised the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new regulations to curb caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, stating that educational institutions will become "centres of controversy."<
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Trying to divide people through UGC: UP Congress President slams Centre ov
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Reacting to the new University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations to deal with caste-based discrimination, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Tuesday alleged that the Central government was trying to divide people through the UGC.
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