Buddhist monk Rajesh Balkhande alias Bhadant Vimansa, a former student of Mumbai University, on Sunday vacated his protest site at the Kalina campus, where he had been staging a sit-in under a tree near the main gate since August 2025, demanding aided status for the Pali department. This dispute escalated into a legal battle before the Bombay High Court, where the university flagged Balkhande’s prolonged occupation of campus space as a violation of rules and a security concern. Balkhande vacated his protest spot ahead of the next hearing in the case before the Bombay High Court, scheduled for Monday May 4. During a hearing on April 29, the court had raised concerns over the prolonged occupation of university space and pulled up the protester, stating that the campus should not be turned into an “akhada”. “I respect the Court and I am vacating the premises as assured,” Balkhande said while leaving the campus. He did not elaborate on his next course of action.…