‘Where Is the Tolerance?’: Delhi HC Says Punishment Disproportionate as AUD Student Expelled over Alleged Participation in Protest
Sohini Ghosh | The Indian Express | 24 February 2026
The Delhi High Court, while dealing with a petition by a first-year student of Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) against an expulsion order issued against her, orally remarked Tuesday that the punishment appeared to be “disproportionate”.
The student, in a separate petition moved earlier in the HC, had claimed that she was being “relentlessly harassed” after being expelled allegedly over participation in protests…

