Being instructed to not wear short skirts is only the latest in a series of alleged discrimination against female students of the state-run JJ Hospital's Grant Medical College. Ever since the new dean took over in December, restrictions have been placed on girls that include not being allowed to visit the library after 10 pm or speak to male friends. There are no such rules for male students.

On Sunday, the female students of the institute had protested after they were stopped from wearing short skirts, and asked to sit away from the male students. mid-day has got possession of two videos taken prior to the college fest Astitva that clearly show senior professors instructing the girls against wearing short skirts. A professor says in the video, "As per the instruction given by the dean, if anyone wears any shorts, short dresses or any vulgarity [is] involved, we will stop Astitva on March 23."