Ahmedabad: The Gujarat authorities on Tuesday informed the Excessive Courtroom it is able to notify laws framed by high training sector watchdogs to curb the menace of ragging in larger establishments of studying and repair accountability on the latter’s’ officers in case of any violation.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee was informed by the state that the College Grants Fee (UGC), Medical Council of India (MCI) — now changed by Nationwide Medical Fee — and All India Council for Technical Schooling (AICTE) have framed “exhaustive laws” to curb the menace of ragging in larger instructional establishments.
PIL associated to ragging in instructional institutes in Gujarat
The HC was listening to a suo motu (by itself) PIL associated to ragging in instructional institutes in Gujarat after such an incident was reported in BJ Medical Faculty in Ahmedabad final 12 months.
The court docket took on file copies of laws framed by the UGC, MCI (now NMC) and AICTE supplied by Advocate Normal Kamal Trivedi.
“It’s submitted by the realized advocate normal showing for state respondent that the state is able to notify these laws to all larger instructional establishments throughout Gujarat for strict observance by issuance of (a) Authorities regulation (GR), imposing accountability on the officers of the establishments in case of any violation,” the court docket mentioned in its order.
The bench on Tuesday additionally took up for listening to a case concerning alleged incidents of harassment of a queer scholar and rape of a feminine scholar by her batchmate at Gandhinagar-based Gujarat Nationwide Legislation College (GNLU).
HC directs GNLU to reveal measures to make sure complaints attain ICC
The HC directed GNLU to reveal in an affidavit measures taken to make sure complaints by college students attain earlier than the interior complaints committee (ICC) “with none guide intervention or any sort of risk of exterior strain,” holding in thoughts that perpetrator can also be part of the establishment.
The incidents, reported in a newspaper on September 22, 2023 relate to the ordeal confronted by the 2 college students of GNLU.
A scholar has “suffered psychological trauma because of the harassment meted out to him just for the rationale of him being a queer, and a feminine scholar has levelled allegation of rape by a batchmate,” the court docket had mentioned whereas taking on the suo motu plea greater than 4 months in the past.
The information report had additionally mentioned the college’s ICC was not in place and referred to the response of GNLU spokesperson about non-receipt of formal complaints from the scholars.
Following the court docket’s course, the institute had arrange an ICC.