The Court raised concerns about UGC’s (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, and suggested that they must be reviewed again by a committee of prominent jurists. The new regulations replace the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012, which were largely advisory in nature and not effectively implemented in . The pleas assailed the regulation on the grounds that caste-based discrimination is defined strictly as discrimination against members of the SCs, STs, and OBCs. The Court, while hearing the case questioned the use of a separate definition of “caste-based discrimination” when “discrimination” already includes all forms of discriminatory treatment. “Why the Regulations do not address ragging and why it is assumed that only caste-based discrimination exists?