JUDGMENT (ORAL)

1. The petitioner being a resident student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has filed the present writ petition in the nature of certiorari seeking quashing of Show Cause Notice dated 23.04.2018 as well as consequent proceedings in the nature of Office Order No. 83/CP/2018 dated 14.05.2018 whereby fine of Rs.6,000/- has been imposed upon her.

2. In the petition, it is claimed that petitioner was pursuing M.A. in Russian Language and Literature and Cultural Studies at JNU after having completed B.A. (Hons.) in the said subjects at the same University from 2014-17. She was also elected as one of the five Councillors in the academic session 2016-17. Petitioner has alleged that respondent No.2 being the Assistant Professor and Chief Proctor of the Respondent No. 1 illegally conducted raids at the women’s hostels against which petitioner and other students raised their protests. It is alleged that the said raids amounted to intrusion of privacy in the women’s hostel. Notably, the incident took place in the evening of 10.10.2017. Petitioner claimed that while she alongwith other students was present at Sabarmati Dabha, Associate Dean Prof. Buddha Singh alongwith some s