Ragging is corrosive assertion of power, says Madurai High Court Bench
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has criticized ragging as a corrosive assertion of power rather than youthful exuberance. The court directed the police to conduct a further investigation into a complaint filed by a professor regarding vandalism linked to a ragging incident.
Why it matters
The ruling sets a legal precedent for how authorities must handle complaints related to ragging and institutional retaliation, emphasizing judicial oversight.
Ragging is not youthful exuberance gone astray. It is a corrosive assertion of power. When authority intervenes to prevent it, the law must ensure that such intervention is not met with silence, threat or retaliation, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said.
Justice L. Victoria Gowri made the observation while directing the Tirunelveli Commissioner of Police to nominate a competent police officer to conduct the further investigation into the complaint lodged by an Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Tirunelveli Medical College.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Kannan Baba. The Assistant Professor had lodged a complaint stating that some senior students of the college had damaged his car after disciplinary action was taken against them in connection with a ragging incident.
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