AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat prime court has termed ragging in education institutes as a “barbarous practice” and called for banning it. It informed the state government to enact a law like few other states have performed, making it a cognizable offence.
The prime court quoted historic texts eulogizing “lofty ideals” of education in the Indian custom and condemned ragging as way “to satiate sadistic instincts”. The court said: “Students get psychological shock and melancholy by means of ragging and there are cases of the sufferers of ragging committing suicide.”
Justice J B Pardiwala noticed, “Ragging is a barbarous practice and will have to be completely banned. If anybody is located guilty of ragging, he will be right away expelled from the institution and will be debarred from getting into another tutorial institution thereafter.”
The court said that ragging originated from international shores and was once “imported” to India and has been in style for the past few a long time, especially in professional faculties and hostels.
“It reasons deep sorrow and anguish that in a country which had very lofty college ideals expounded in the Vedas this shameful and disgusting evil of ragging degenerating into bestiality will have to come to stick in the tutorial institutions, that are meant for imparting knowledge to long term rulers of this nation,” the court said.
The HC so noticed whilst rejecting a petition filed by means of a pupil from Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), who together with 25 other scholars, was once suspended for a yr and expelled from the hostel permanently for ragging scholars of a brand new batch on September 25.
Justice Pardiwala refused to interfere with IITRAM’s order postponing the scholar and upheld the institute’s disciplinary action. He said that if the scholar has any remorse for his conduct, he may express his remorseful about and seek forgiveness from the new scholars.
It is as much as the institute and victim scholars to pardon him, he said.
The HC quoted Taittiriyopanishad and Tiruvalluvar to say that educational traditions in India laid down regulations for good behaviour of a pupil so that he may have “ready and energetic body, sweet tongue and concentrate abundantly via his ears and learn”.
After bringing up historic texts, the court lamented the recent phenomenon of ragging.
“How can someone conceive of more ennobling thoughts and higher ideals than that prevailed in our historic universities?” the court said. “But alas! what a fall from that high peak of virtuous principles to the murky depths of a dirty mire named ‘ragging’. Any particular person with a little sense of decency would abhor even to think about indulging in it.”
HC insists on need for law
The prime court said that quite a few states have enacted regulations making ragging a cognizable offence and prescribing the types of punishment to be awarded. “Why is there no such law in the State of Gujarat? It is prime time that one of these law was once passed by means of the legislature of Gujarat additionally,” the court said and expressed hope that the government will take steps to deliver a couple of law preventing ragging and making it a cognizable offence.
Ragging and punishment: What took place on Sept 25
On September 25, 2018, scholars from the new batch had been invited to the studying room on 6th flooring by means of senior scholars. They were given a questionnaire with beside the point subject matter and had been requested to respond to vulgar questions — reminiscent of what form of intercourse spouse they prefer and what they felt having a look at any individual’s wife. CCTV photos showed physical and psychological torture as freshmen had been made to do sit-ups, boys and girls had been pressured to pair as much as play vulgar games. The seniors had been charged with vulgarity, torturing the juniors, and meddling with the CCTV camera. The punishment was once meted out to three sets of scholars — one-year suspension for five who deliberate and accomplished indecent actions; one-term suspension for 15 scholars who encouraged others to rag, loved the event and didn't record it; and a three-week suspension for five scholars who took place to be present throughout the incident, but didn't prevent indecent actions.
The prime court quoted historic texts eulogizing “lofty ideals” of education in the Indian custom and condemned ragging as way “to satiate sadistic instincts”. The court said: “Students get psychological shock and melancholy by means of ragging and there are cases of the sufferers of ragging committing suicide.”
Justice J B Pardiwala noticed, “Ragging is a barbarous practice and will have to be completely banned. If anybody is located guilty of ragging, he will be right away expelled from the institution and will be debarred from getting into another tutorial institution thereafter.”
The court said that ragging originated from international shores and was once “imported” to India and has been in style for the past few a long time, especially in professional faculties and hostels.
“It reasons deep sorrow and anguish that in a country which had very lofty college ideals expounded in the Vedas this shameful and disgusting evil of ragging degenerating into bestiality will have to come to stick in the tutorial institutions, that are meant for imparting knowledge to long term rulers of this nation,” the court said.
The HC so noticed whilst rejecting a petition filed by means of a pupil from Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), who together with 25 other scholars, was once suspended for a yr and expelled from the hostel permanently for ragging scholars of a brand new batch on September 25.
Justice Pardiwala refused to interfere with IITRAM’s order postponing the scholar and upheld the institute’s disciplinary action. He said that if the scholar has any remorse for his conduct, he may express his remorseful about and seek forgiveness from the new scholars.
It is as much as the institute and victim scholars to pardon him, he said.
The HC quoted Taittiriyopanishad and Tiruvalluvar to say that educational traditions in India laid down regulations for good behaviour of a pupil so that he may have “ready and energetic body, sweet tongue and concentrate abundantly via his ears and learn”.
After bringing up historic texts, the court lamented the recent phenomenon of ragging.
“How can someone conceive of more ennobling thoughts and higher ideals than that prevailed in our historic universities?” the court said. “But alas! what a fall from that high peak of virtuous principles to the murky depths of a dirty mire named ‘ragging’. Any particular person with a little sense of decency would abhor even to think about indulging in it.”
HC insists on need for law
The prime court said that quite a few states have enacted regulations making ragging a cognizable offence and prescribing the types of punishment to be awarded. “Why is there no such law in the State of Gujarat? It is prime time that one of these law was once passed by means of the legislature of Gujarat additionally,” the court said and expressed hope that the government will take steps to deliver a couple of law preventing ragging and making it a cognizable offence.
Ragging and punishment: What took place on Sept 25
On September 25, 2018, scholars from the new batch had been invited to the studying room on 6th flooring by means of senior scholars. They were given a questionnaire with beside the point subject matter and had been requested to respond to vulgar questions — reminiscent of what form of intercourse spouse they prefer and what they felt having a look at any individual’s wife. CCTV photos showed physical and psychological torture as freshmen had been made to do sit-ups, boys and girls had been pressured to pair as much as play vulgar games. The seniors had been charged with vulgarity, torturing the juniors, and meddling with the CCTV camera. The punishment was once meted out to three sets of scholars — one-year suspension for five who deliberate and accomplished indecent actions; one-term suspension for 15 scholars who encouraged others to rag, loved the event and didn't record it; and a three-week suspension for five scholars who took place to be present throughout the incident, but didn't prevent indecent actions.
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