antiragging laws in india
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Anti Ragging Laws in India
Dr. Jyoti DharmAssistant professor BVDU New Law
College Pune
Different forms of RaggingDifferent forms of Ragging
Pon Navarasu, a student of Annamalai University medical
college in Tamil Nadu,India was murdered on November 1996.
this muder,which is occurred during a ragging incident ,led to
the passing of the first anti- ragging law in India .
Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act,1997. Penalty for ragging:- Whoever directly or indirectly commits
or participates in, abets or propagates “ragging” within or
without any educational institution, shall be punished for 2
years imprisonment and fine of 10,000 rupees.
Vishwa Jagriti Mission Through President V.
Central Government Through Cabinet Secretary, 2001
The Supreme Court laid down the following guidelines:- Anti- ragging movement to be initiated by all colleges and
educational institution. Undertaking to be taken both from the freshmen and their
parent. Undertaking to be taken from the senior student and their
parents/ guardians. Notice to be issued indicating where to approach for redressal
in case of ragging.
management, principal and the teaching staff to have
personal interaction with freshmen.
Ragging prone zone to be identified and carefully guarded.
Society to be sensitised on the issues of ragging.
Failure to prevent ragging to be constructed as an act of
negligence.
Withdrawal of financial assistance to institution where
ragging incident is reported.
Raghavan Committee Raghavan Committee
Supreme Court had order the HRD ministry to appoint
the committee.
Raghavan is ex- CBI chief ,he submitted the report in
2007.
Ragging as an act of human right abuse.
Requirement of ragging awareness not only to fresher's,
but all stakeholders i.e. seniors, fresher's, teachers and
the civic society at large.
Need for strong and uniform ragging law
Set up anti-ragging cells at central, state and college level.
Setup of Toll-free helpline for ragging victims.
NCERT, SCERT school books to include chapters on
ragging.
A lot of ragging incident takes place outside the campus in
'outside campus accommodation', these hostels must be
registered with the local police and the management of
these hostels and the college administration must be made
responsible to protect the fresher's.
Various interactive programmes should be carried
between the fresher's and the seniors in the presence
of the college staff.
Ragging should be considered as an important factor
in accrediting the educational institution by central
regulatory bodies like the MCI, AICTE, DCI etc.
Exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the
crime so as to deter the others.
In 2009, in the wake of Aman Kachroo's death,
University Grants Commissions (UGC) passed UGC
REGULATION ON CURBING THE MENACE OF
RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, 2009.
Provide telephone numbers of the Anti Ragging Helpline.
Anti- ragging committee, Anti-ragging Squad and
monitoring cell on ragging to be published in brochure of
admission/instruction booklet or the prospectus.
Identity of the informants of ragging incidents to be fully
protected.
College administration must file the FIR within 24 hours
of the receipt of such information with the police and
local authorities, under appropriate provisions namely:- Abetment of ragging Criminal conspiracy to rag Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging Public nuisance created during ragging Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt
Wrongful confinement
Wrongful restraint
Use of criminal force
Sexual offence or unnatural offence
Extortion
Criminal trespass
Offence against property
Physical or physiological humiliation
The Anti- ragging committee depending upon the nature and the gravity of the guilt award one or more of the following punishment :-
Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges
Withdrawing the scholarship, fellowship and other benefits
Debarring from appearing in any examination
Withholding the result
Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, National or International Meet, Tournament, Youth Festival etc.
Suspension /expulsion from the hostel
Cancellation of the admission
Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring
from admission to any other institution for specified
period.
An appeal against the order of punishment by the anti-
ragging committee shall lie to the vice chancellor of the
university.
In case of an order of a university ,to its chancellor
Where an Institution fails to curb ragging effectively,
such university may take any one or more of the
following actions:-
• Withdrawal of affiliation /recognition
• Withholding grants allocated to it by the
university
• Informing the general public declaring that the
institution does not possess the minimum
academic standards.
Ragging is a problem of the student and by the
student and therefore the solution to it also lies with
the student.
The student’s community must awaken its
conscience to this inhuman practice before more and
more innocent students become victims of ragging
Thank You
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