Ragging a Crime Now : SC

A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and S H Kapadia ordered the Central/State governments to forthwith constitute anti-ragging committees /squads to check the menace at the college campuses.

The move comes after the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry decided to take the issue of ragging, which has been of immense concern for both the academic as well as the administrative authorities for long.

The court said that ragging must be deterred by exemplary and harsh punishment. The committee recommended stern penalties including expelling students accused of ragging and asked for counselling for victims.

In another major decision, the Supreme Court has asked NCERT and SCERT to include chapters on ragging. The court recommended that both NCERT and SCERT should find possibilities to include chapter on ragging under the Human Rights chapter.