Stay the course: On the UGC’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions rules
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India stayed the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions rules, calling them “too sweeping”. Notified in January, the rules sought to address all forms of discrimination, in particular caste-based, on campuses after years of activism, litigation and tragic suicides such as Rohith Vemula that…