Ragging – An Offence
Ragging is strictly prohibited. Ragging in any form, any place or time is a cognizable offence.
Extract of Tamil Nadu Govt. Gazette – Extra ordinary dt. 29 .01.1997 (Bill No. 8 at 1997 Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act).
- Ragging means display of noisy, disorderly conduct, doing any act which causes or is likely to cause psychological harm or raise apprehension or fear or scheme or embarrassment to a student in any educational institution and includes:
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- (a) Teasing, abusing or playing practical jokes on or causing hurt to such student.
- (b) Asking the student to do any act or perform something which such student will not, in the ordinary course willingly act or perform.
- Ragging within or outside any educational institution is prohibited.
- Whoever directly or indirectly commits, participates, abets or propagates “Ragging” within or outside any educational institution, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and shall be liable to a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
Any student convicted of an offence under section 4 shall also be dismissed from the educational institution and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution.
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