Overview
- The November 14 order suspends ABVP leader and DUSU joint secretary Deepika Jha from her post for two months, barring entry to DU colleges in an official capacity while requiring a written apology and an undertaking of good conduct under Ordinance XV-B.
- The action follows an October 16 incident at Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College in which Jha allegedly slapped Professor Sujit Kumar inside the principal’s office, with a purported video showing police present and Delhi Police confirming an FIR.
- A university inquiry panel initially recommended a three‑month suspension, but administrators imposed a two‑month term with a post‑suspension review.
- Professor Kumar called the punishment an eyewash and noted it overlaps with preparatory leave, examinations and the winter break, as faculty groups denounced the order as inadequate and politically influenced.
- Jha apologized to the teaching community yet alleged misconduct by Kumar and police inaction, as teachers’ groups said about 50 students, including DUSU president Aryan Maan, entered the college that day and Kumar later resigned from the disciplinary committee.