New Delhi, March 1 -- The Supreme Court on Friday assured that a "strong and robust" mechanism will be put in place to check the issue of caste-based discrimination in institutions of higher education in the country.

Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in 2019 after Rohit Vemula and Payal Tadvi died by suicide due to alleged caste-based discrimination on campuses, the top court decided to wait the outcome of a consultation process initiated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) over its recently-formulated draft on Promotion of Equity in Higher Education institutions Regulations 2025.

"It is extremely unfortunate that such incidents are happening. We have something in mind. We intend to create a strong and robust mechan...