Top court seeks Centre, UGC reply on plea by mothers of Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi
(WorldNews India)

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and the UGC on a petition by the mothers of late Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, seeking its intervention to ensure that educational institutions put in place anti-discrimination measures and adhere to them strictly. Advertising A bench of Justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued the notices after Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the petitioners, contended that there was laxity in implementing equity guidelines. The petition alleged that `caste-based discrimination` was `rampant… in higher educational institutions` and that this `reflects flagrant non-compliance with the existing norms and regulations in place for...