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The Supreme Court says non-intervention in UGC Equity Regulations could have dangerous impact and divide society.
The petition said that by limiting the scope of "caste-based discrimination" only to SC, ST and OBC, the UGC has effectively denied institutional protection to general and non-reserved categories.
The petition filed in the Supreme Court flagged UGC Regulation 3(c) for defining caste discrimination only for SC, ST, and OBC.