New Delhi, March 23 -- The Delhi High Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings initiated by Jamia Millia Islamia against a senior professor over a workplace grievance concerning access to a hygienic restroom, holding that the University's response was "manifestly disproportionate" and legally unsustainable.

Justice Sanjeev Narula, in an order passed recently, set aside the show cause notice issued on August 1, 2025, the subsequent constitution of a committee, and an office order dated January 2, that had directed Prof. Sujata Ashwarya to submit a written apology.

The case arose from a grievance raised by the petitioner, a senior professor with over two decades of service, seeking designation of a separate "Ladies Toilet" in the Centre...