New Delhi, Apr 24 (UNI) 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.