Eight years after the Supreme Court of India first banned ragging, Dande Devender Kumar has died of it. It is suspected he committed suicide by jumping onto the railway tracks, adding to the list of those who chose to die rather than live the humiliation of ragging. After hanging oneself on the ceiling fans, dying [...]
Filed under: 2008-09, Andhra Pradesh, ragging deaths | Tagged: Dande Devender Kumar, ragging, ragging suicide, Vasavi Engineering College Hyderabad | Leave a Comment »
Tanvir Aeijaz writes from his experience of being part of the sub-committee of the Raghavan Committee that prepared a fact-finding report on the Aman Kachroo case for the Supreme Court: …not all but some juniors are targeted, as they are perceived as weak, vulnerable and pliant maybe in terms of gender, religion, caste, class and [...]
Filed under: 2008-09, Himachal Pradesh, ragging deaths, research and opinion | Tagged: Aman Kachroo, ragging | Leave a Comment »
Sir/Madam, I am writing this letter on behalf of myself (Ms. Anisha Shekhar) and my two friends Mr. Raja Nandy and Mr. Abhijit Das. We were first year MBA students at P. C. Chandra School of Business[ PCCSB], Kolkata, affiliated to Punjab Technical University [PTU] from September 2008 to January 2009. All three of us [...]
Filed under: 2008-09, girls ragging, letters and petitions | Tagged: PC Chandra School of Business Kolkata, Punjab Technical University, ragging in MBA courses | 7 Comments »
Working on helpline for ragging victims: Centre The Hindu, Legal Correspondent, 21 April 2009 Amann’s father suggested creation of an anti-ragging database: Centre Government plans to put in place the mechanism in about a week New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has began work on developing a model for the crisis-centre helpline [...]
Filed under: 2008-09, Ragging and the Law | Tagged: Aman Kachroo, Anti-ragging helpline, Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College Tanda | Leave a Comment »
(This is the full text of the affidavit which led to the SC asking the Raghavan Committee to inquire into the Aman Kachroo case.) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION I.A. No. _____ OF 2009 IN CIVIL APPEAL No. 887 OF 2009 IN THE MATTER OF: University of Kerala …Appellant Versus Council of [...]
Filed under: 2008-09, Ragging and the Law | Tagged: Aman Kachroo, Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College Tanda, Ragging and the Supreme Court of India | 1 Comment »
