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India's National Anti-Ragging Helpline started working in June 2009 to help students in distress due to ragging. It can be reached through email and a 24-hour toll-free number. Provision for anonymous complaints was considered of utmost important at the time of establishment of the helpline, since the victim after making the complaint remains ...
Society Against Violence in Education. Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE) is a non profit organization working for the eradication of ragging and bullying from educational institutions in India. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Major field (s) : SAVE is possibly the first-registered anti-ragging NGO in India. [ 4][ 5]
[57] [58] In 2009 the University Grants Commission of India imposed regulations upon Indian universities to help curb ragging, and launched a toll-free 'anti-ragging helpline'. [59] The effectiveness of these measures are unknown; many accused of ragging freshmen are either let out with a warning or saved from legal action by political or caste ...
CURE began in July 2001, [1] in Delhi, and has grown to a membership of 470, mostly students. In February 2007, CURE reported to the Supreme Court appointed Raghavan committee on ways to prevent ragging in Indian universities, [1] highlighting the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse in the name of ragging. [2]
Murder of Pon Navarasu. Pon Navarasu, a student of Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India was murdered on 6 November 1996. This murder, which occurred during a ragging incident, led to the passing of the first anti-ragging legislation in India. [1][2]
A.K Chopra ((1999) 1 SCC 759) reiterated the law laid down in the Vishakha Judgment. Dr. Medha Kotwal of Aalochana (an NGO) highlighted a number of individual cases of sexual harassment stating that the Vishakha Guidelines were not being effectively implemented. Converting the letter into a writ petition, the Supreme Court took cognizance and ...
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The National Human Rights Commission of India (abbreviated as NHRC) is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. [1] It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA). [2] The NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human ...