JAMMU, Jan. 28 -- Panun Kashmir has raised serious constitutional and procedural objections to the recently notified University Grants Commission regulations on equity and inclusion, stating that the framework, as presently designed, fails the tests of neutrality, proportionality, and equal protection under law, and risks institutionalising imbalance within higher education governance.
In a joint statement, Kuldeep Raina, General Secretary Panun Kashmir, and Tito Ganju, Vice Chairman Panun Kashmir, said that while the objective of preventing discrimination is legitimate, the regulatory design itself introduces asymmetry that is constitutionally indefensible.
The organisation pointed out that the mandatory Equal Opportunity Centres and Equ...