Section 4, 5, 17, 21 and 24
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Universities and colleges (under universities) should strictly prohibit any
sort of activities in the name of Ragging:
Ragging, now-a-days, appears to be a socio-legal problem. It demoralizes
the victim who joins higher education life with many hopes and
expectations. Besides the physical and mental torture including grievous
injuries, it simultaneously causes grave psychological stress and trauma to
the victim. Even the victim may drop out and thereby hampering his/her
career prospects. In extreme cases, incidents of suicides and culpable
homicide may also be happened. In the circumstances, in order to resist
this socio-academic disease, all the universities and colleges (under
universities) should strictly prohibit any sort of activities in the name
of Ragging. All the universities and colleges (under universities) should
be stringent in taking anti-ragging measures. Therefore, all educational
institutions (including universities and colleges) shall observe the
following measures to protect and prevent the activities in the name of
Ragging:
i) Educational institutions shall not allow the students to participate in
any untoward incident and all sorts of activities/gathering/performance in
the name of Ragging.
ii) Every educational institution including all university authorities
should have Vigilance Committee to ensure vigil on incidents that may
happen under the garb of Ragging. Managements of educational institutions
should be responsible for non-reporting or inaction against the incidents
of Ragging in their respective premises including residential halls.
iii) Authorities of all educational institutions shall publish the
consequences for committing Ragging. In particular, at the main and
prominent spot/point(s) of the institution.
iv) Posters containing measures against the Ragging have to be posted in
the website of respective institutions which will warn the students about
the consequences for committing Ragging.
v) An affidavit in the form of undertaking may be obtained from the
students and their parents before start of new session to the effect that
if any student found involving in Ragging he/she will be punished.
vi) Whatever the term “Ragging” or any other word is used, whenever, an
incident happens with the elements of criminal offences, the authority
should take action against the perpetrators under the prevailing law and
also stern action under the Disciplinary Ordinance of the University like
expelling the perpetrators from the university for good. ...A.S.M. Mahadi
Hassan & ors Vs. BUET & ors, (Civil), 18 SCOB [2023] HCD 33
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A.S.M. Mahadi Hassan & ors Vs. BUET & ors |
18 SCOB [2023] HCD 33 |
Section 5(a)
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The Enquiry reports show that several incidents in the name of Ragging had
been taken place for a certain period of time by different incidents on
different times. Considering those inquiry reports, the University
Authority has imposed the punishment in question to the petitioners and
therefore, it cannot be said that for the selfsame offences they have been
punished for the second time or third time. From the above discussions, it
appears to us that although the incidents have been branded with the word
“Ragging” but the allegations clearly fall within the ambit of section
5(a) of the Disciplinary Ordinance under the terms of misconduct and breach
of discipline. Therefore, we hold that, the University Authority issued the
impugned orders following the provisions of laws incorporated in the
Disciplinary Ordinance. ...A.S.M. Mahadi Hassan & ors Vs. BUET & ors,
(Civil), 18 SCOB [2023] HCD 33
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A.S.M. Mahadi Hassan & ors Vs. BUET & ors |
18 SCOB [2023] HCD 33 |