New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) newly notified Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026. In exercise of our powers under Article 142, we further direct that the 2012 Regulations will continue in force till further orders,” the court said. “Today, the Supreme Court heard our writ petition challenging the UGC Regulations which have been enacted recently. The Supreme Court has stayed the UGC Regulations and has kept them in abeyance. The Supreme Court has directed that UGC Regulations 2012 will be in operation till further orders.