SC frames 4 questions of law on pleas challenging UGC regulations| India News
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday said petitions challenging the University Grants Commission Regulations, 2026, raise substantial questions of law and framed four such questions for consideration. SC frames 4 questions of law on pleas challenging UGC regulations The court stayed the recent UGC equity regulations on preventing caste-based discrimination on campuses, saying the framework is “prima facie vague”, can have “very sweeping consequences” and may end up dividing the society with a “dangerous impact”. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Baghchi observed that the regulations suffer from “certain ambiguities” and that “the possibility of their misuse cannot be ruled out”. The top court said it was of the prima facie view that the following four substantial questions of law arise for consideration and would require a detailed examination: Whether the incorporation of clause 3 in the impugned regulations, defining “caste-based discrimination”, bears a reasonable and rational nexus to subserve the object and purpose of the 2026 UGC regulations, particularly in light of the fact that no distinct or special …
