00:00Centre is ready for re-look at controversial UGC rules.
00:04Centre to the Supreme Court, taking fresh look at controversial UGC norms.
00:10CGI-led bench gives more time to centre on the UGC regulations.
00:15This is Centre's big remark on the caste-biased divide in higher education institutes.
00:21Centre's norms against caste divide had sparked the controversy.
00:25New UGC equity norms had sparked protests just a few months back.
00:31In fact, the central norms were aimed at eliminating the caste bias and ragging.
00:37But the general category students saw it as a discriminatory move.
00:42The case involving a challenge to the new regulations framed by the UGC
00:45to curb the caste-based discrimination in higher educational institutions.
00:49The Supreme Court has now granted the government additional time
00:52to formulate regulations aimed at preventing the caste-based discrimination
00:56and ragging in universities.
00:59It's a big story that we're following up on viewers,
01:02which had caused quite a stir in the universities as we speak.
01:06We have Anisha Mathur joining us on the broadcast to, in fact,
01:10give us more details into what the Supreme Court has, in fact,
01:13come out to say about this.
01:15Anisha, please go ahead and spell it out as to what the Supreme Court has said.
01:21Well, Shriya, the Supreme Court, remember, had earlier put the UGC
01:26promotional caste guidelines, the promotion of equity in higher education
01:32institutions, regulations of 2026, those had been put in abeyance.
01:36At the same time, there's a set of petitions in the Supreme Court
01:39filed by the mothers of Payal Tadri and Rohit Vemula,
01:43who had asked for certain regulations to be put in place
01:49so that students from Schedule class, students from Schedule 5,
01:53who are put under that kind of harassment and discrimination
01:58are also protected.
02:00Now, today, there was a very, very short hearing
02:03where the Supreme Court was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
02:06that the government is mooting appointment of a committee
02:09to take a re-look at the regulations that were created.
02:13At the same time, the Chief Justice of India is saying
02:15that every student must be protected, young people must be protected.
02:20Nobody should be dissatisfied.
02:23The Solicitor General also assuring the court
02:25that the government is taking a decision
02:27to ensure that every student is taken care of
02:31and that is why a committee is likely to be appointed.
02:35For now, however, there is no movement per se
02:39on what the regulations are going to be.
02:43The government has sought time.
02:44The Supreme Court has given time to the government
02:46to come up with the development,
02:49to look into what can be done.
02:51But the UGC regulations of 2026
02:54that have been passed earlier this year
02:55still remain stable.
02:58So, at the moment, Shreya,
02:59we still have to wait to see
03:01what the government is actually going to do.
03:04Very true, Anisha.
03:06Thank you for putting that into context for our viewers.
