New Delhi [India], January 29 : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on the new University Grants Commission's equity regulations.
Akhilesh Yadav said that the court has ensured that no injustice will be done to anyone as he pushed for a more unified society.
"True justice does not involve injustice to anyone; the honourable court ensures precisely this. The language of the law must also be clear, and so must the intent. It's not just about rules, but also about intention. May no one be oppressed, nor injustice done to anyone. May no tyranny or excess be inflicted on anyone, nor unfairness to anyone," Akhilesh Yadav said in a post on X.
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Amid an uproar around the country over the alleged "discrimination" against the General Category in the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, the SC on Thursday stayed the regulations.
The top Court said that, for now, the 2012 UGC regulations will continue to apply. The Court opined that there is complete vagueness in Regulation 3 (C) (which defines caste-based discrimination), and it can be misused. "The language needs to be re-modified," the Court said.
The new UGC regulations, notified on January 23, were challenged by various petitioners as 'arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory' and as violating the Constitution and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
The new regulations, introduced to curb caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, require institutions to establish special committees and helplines to address complaints from students in the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backwards Classes (OBC) categories.
Students, mostly from the general category, protested against regulations that promote discrimination on campuses rather than equality. The students noted that the regulation has no provision to address fraudulent complaints filed against General Category students.