New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Can an Ad-hoc committee suspend a person who is facing allegations of sexual harrasment during an ongoing inquiry, the Delhi High Court has asked the counsel for Ramanujan College of the University of Delhi.

The University, the college and the victim have moved petitions against the interim stay granted on the suspension of Professor Rasal Singh, principal of Ramanujan College.

The division bench headed by Justice Subramonium Prasad asked senior counsel Bansuri Swaraj, representing for Ramanujan College, to take instructions on the point raised by the bench.

The matter has been listed for hearing on this point tomorrow.

During the hearing, it was submitted that the suspension is not a punitive action. The committe...