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The Allahabad HC said marriage does not change a person’s caste.
The backlog adversely affect the diversity of academic leadership, the quality and perspective of research output, the mentoring of students from marginalized backgrounds, and the overall inclusive character of central universities.
A caste census that fails to explicitly enumerate OBCs defeats the very purpose of evidence-based policymaking.
The film, directed by Ritesh Shah and written by Neeraj Pandey, features Manoj Bajpayee as a corrupt police officer entangled in a global conspiracy involving bribery and moral compromise.
The core question now is whether the series represents artistic freedom or crosses into territory that threatens social harmony, as defined by India's constitutional values.
Former UGC Chairman Prof Thorat asserts that while the new UGC 2026 regulations include some positive steps like OBC inclusion and sensitization measures, they significantly weaken the 2012 framework by removing specific forms of discrimination, creating conflicts of interest in the equity committee, leaving major institutions (IITs, IIMs, stand-alone colleges) uncovered, and lacking clarity on protecting teachers and criminalizing caste atrocities, ultimately failing to effectively curb rampant caste discrimination in higher education.
The regulations bypass IITs, IIMs, and other premier bodies despite well-documented caste-based harassment there. Activists demand immediate inclusion to cover these high-profile "hotspots."
Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri
GC organizations contend the provisions rest on an unsubstantiated assumption of "widespread caste discrimination," lacking recent data.
The judgment empowers countless rural women in customary 'Nata Vivah' unions by affirming their legal entitlement to family pensions, bypassing bureaucratic hurdles and ensuring economic independence post their husband's death.
The panchayat elders imposed a staggering Rs 10 lakh fine on the Dalit family, alongside a directive to host a community feast for 13 villages. The Meghwals, facing social ostracism, relocated from Hathal to Sirohi district headquarters for safety.
Quashing a summoning order in a matrimonial dispute, Justice Praveen Kumar Giri laid down a stringent procedural framework to hold false complainants accountable.
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