How to file a complaint?
Students who want to file a complaint can do so in writing in the email id posted above. The letter must clearly state the nature of complaint, the name against whom complaint is filed. The letter has to mention the name of the student who is making the complaint. The Cell will look into the matter within 7 days of filing the complaint and necessary steps will be taken after that.
Definition of Ragging:
Under laws in India, ragging is defined as:
Any disorderly conduct by either by acts or words spoken, the effect of which is teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student;
Any rowdy or undisciplined activity, which causes annoyance, hardship or psychological harm;
Raise fear or apprehension thereof in the minds of junior
Asking the students to do an act or perform something, which such student will not do in ordinary course, which has the effect of causing shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a junior student.
Legislations on Ragging:
Some States in India have their own legislations on ragging. Some States which do not have their own legislation on ragging and therefore the ragging laws in these States are in accordance with the central legislations on ragging.
Central Legislations:
The central legislations, which keep check on the practice of ragging in India, are:
Indian Penal Code
UGC Regulations On Curbing The Menace Of Ragging In Higher Educational Institutions, 2009
Other institute specific regulations
Punishments under Indian Penal Code against acts of Ragging:
Every single incident of ragging or abetting in ragging puts an obligation on the institution to get the FIR registered. There are provisions in the IPC, which can be used by a student to register an FIR in the nearest Police Station. These provisions are:
294 – Obscene acts and songs
323 – punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
324 – voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon or means
325 – punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
326 – voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon
339 – Wrongful Restraint
340 – Wrongful Confinement
341 – Punishment for Wrongful Restraint
342 – Punishment for Wrongful Confinement
506 – Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
