Action Against Ragging

Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act 1999 and Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging (Appendix 12 published in AICTE Approval Process Handbook and their amendments which may be published from time to time. The Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act 1999 is in effect from 15th May, 1999 has the following provisions for Action against Ragging:

• Ragging within or outside of the institution is prohibited,
• Whosoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets, or propagates ragging within or outside the institution shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and / or penalty, which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
• Any student convicted of an offence of ragging shall be dismissed from the educational Institution and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution for a period of five years from the date of order of such dismissal.
• Whenever any student or, as the case may be, the parent or guardian or a teacher of an educational institution complaints, in writing, of ragging to the head of the institution, the head of the institution shall, without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, within seven days of the receipt of the complaint, enquire into the matter mentioned in the complaint and if, prima facie, it is found true, suspend the student who is accused of the offence, and shall, immediately forward the complaint to the police station having jurisdiction over the area in which the institution is situated, for further action. Where, on enquiry by the head of the institution, it is found that there is no substance, prima facie, in the complaint received, he / she shall intimate the fact, in writing, to the complainant. The decision of the head of the institution shall be final.