New Delhi, June 17 -- The Trump administration won dismissal of a lawsuit by two unions seeking to stop the withholding of $400 million in federal funds from Columbia University.

The judge who dismissed the case said the groups lacked the legal right to bring the lawsuit, saying that while Columbia is the recipient of the grants, the school itself was not a participant in the case.

The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers sued the Republican administration after US Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the administration was pulling grants and contracts from the school following a series of pro-Palestinian protests on campus, reported Bloomberg.

On Monday, US District Judge Ma...