New Delhi, April 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to proceed with the finalization and notification of draft regulations aimed at curbing caste-based discrimination in higher education institutions.
The bench clarified that these regulations will operate in addition to the recommendations that may emerge from a task force constituted by a coordinate bench of the court to examine the broader issue of student suicides and systemic discrimination.
The directions came during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi, mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, both of whom died by suicide following alleged caste discrimination.
The PIL ca...