Court orders completion of HEI anti-discrimination rules

The Supreme Court of India on Friday 3 January directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to publish within six weeks new regulations to combat caste-based discrimination and suicides in higher education institutions, clarifying that the fresh norms cannot be a mere “ream of white paper” but must be effective, writes Utkarsh Anand for Hindustan Times.

Stressing the critical nature of the issue, a bench comprising justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan emphasised that these regulations must be more than symbolic gestures, asserting that the court would scrutinise their practical effectiveness.

“This is a sensitive issue, and we must find an effective solution,” observed the bench, pulling up UGC for not being able to finalise the regulations since 2023 when it started drafting the new norms.
Full report on the Hindustan Times site