In view of the current situation, today’s decision of the Honourable Supreme Court to stay the UGC’s new rules is appropriate,” Mayawati said in a post on X. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav also welcomed the top court’s stay on the regulations. I welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the new UGC regulations,” Tiwari told reporters here. “The Supreme Court has done the right thing, the UGC guidelines were unconstitutional,” he told reporters. “We are deeply appalled by the observations made by the Supreme Court on January 29 in the PIL against the UGC Equity Rules, 2026…,” the Left party said in a statement.