The Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Jawaharlal Nehru University to not take any coercive steps against former president of JNU Students’ Union Kanhaiya Kumar till Friday, reported India Legal. Justice Rekha Palli heard the matter.

Kumar moved the High Court on Tuesday against the Rs 10,000 fine imposed on him by a high-level panel of the university. The varsity on July 5 upheld the rustication of student leader Umar Khalid and the fine imposed on Kumar for their involvement in a protest against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru where several students allegedly shouted anti-national slogans in February 2016.

After the protest on February 9, 2016, led to outrage from Hindutva groups and a section of the media, JNU set up an inquiry commission. The panel found several students, including Kumar, Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya guilty and imposed fines on them.

The university served show cause notices to 14 students but they refused to accept the panel’s report. Some of the students had been arrested for sedition for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during the protest.

The JNU then rusticated them and withdrew their hostel facilities, among other punishments. The students challenged the decision in the Delhi High Court, which directed them to approach the appellate authority that was set up to review the high-level panel’s decision.