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Explainer: UGC's 2026 Regulations For Tackling Discrimination In Colleges & Surrounding Controversy
On January 13, the University Grants Commission notified its much-awaited Regulations for tackling caste-discrimination in college campuses - the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.The UGC framed these Regulations following a PIL filed before the Supreme Court in 2019 by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi, mothers of...
Stray Dogs Case: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
Supreme Court continues hearing the Stray Dogs case Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria To recap, the Bench is primarily examining the issue of stray dogs in institutional premises Intervenors (dog lovers and NGOs) pray for modification of the Court's earlier directions, so that stray dogs are released in the same area from where they are picked up Victims' side...
Supreme Court Appoints Justice Kaul As Mediator In Devarajaswamy Temple Dispute
The Supreme Court today appointed Former Judge, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul as Principal Mediator to decide 120 years old dispute between two sects over performing rituals at the Sri Devarajaswamy Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a challenge to the Madras High Court's decision dismissing a writ petition seeking permission for...
Prior Written Demand Not Necessary For 'Industrial Dispute' To Exist; Apprehended Dispute Can Be Referred : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27) observed that a trade union is not obliged to serve a formal “charter of demands” on the management before approaching the Conciliation Officer under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Court observed that the Industrial Disputes Act is both preventive and remedial in character, and therefore a trade union or a worker is entitled to invoke...
Supreme Court Seeks TN Govt Response On Plea Seeking Action Against Protests Targeting Justice GR Swaminathan
The Supreme Court today(January 28) issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking actions against the protestors who allegedly spread defamatory remarks against Justice G.R. Swaminathan, Judge of the Madras High Court, subsequent to his order to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepa Thoon (lamp pillar) at the Thiruparankundram Subramaniya Swamy Hill Temple, Madurai. A bench...
Manipur Violence| Supreme Court Extends Tenure Of Justice Gita Mittal Committee Till July 2026
The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of the 3-member committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, which was constituted to oversee the humanitarian aspects of the Manipur ethnic violence incident, till July 2026.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to grant the extension.Sr Advocate Vibha Makhija, the appearing for the Committee, informed the bench that the tenure...
'Promotes Discrimination Against General Classes' : Lawyer Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Plea In Supreme Court Against UGC Regulations
A petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India today for urgent listing.Orally mentioning the matter for urgent listing, the counsel submitted, "The urgency is, there are certain provisions in the regulations...
Crossing A Line : BCI Chairperson's Letter Against Kerala High Court Judge For Questioning Nomination Fee Hike Is Unwarranted
Recently, the Bar Council of India's Chairman, Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, taking serious objections to the critical remarks made by the Kerala High Court against the Rs. 1.25 lakh nomination fee charged for contesting State Bar Council Elections. He termed the remarks made by the judge as “certain baseless and reckless oral observations” and even threatened to pursue the transfer of the judge.The Kerala High Court was hearing a...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 27, 2026
Links to today's Top Stories from Supreme Court :BCI Chairman Writes To CJI Objecting To Kerala HC Judge's Comments Against Election Nomination Fee, Threatens With TransferSupreme Court Dismisses JioStar's Challenge To CCI Probe On Alleged Abuse Of Dominance In Kerala Cable TV MarketPlea In Supreme Court Challenges UGC Regulation Defining 'Caste Discrimination', Seeks Caste Neutral...
