Radha Krishna Law College is a ragging-free campus. Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited inside and outside the campus, in hostels, in transport and online. Ragging is a criminal offence, and anyone found guilty will face strict disciplinary and legal action.
Our commitment
As an institution that teaches law, we believe every student has the right to learn with dignity, safety and respect. The College follows the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 (and their amendments), the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the rules of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the instructions of CCS University, Meerut. Our aim is not only to punish ragging, but to prevent it through awareness, mentoring and vigilance.
What is ragging?
Under the UGC Regulations, ragging includes any of the following acts, whether done by a single student or a group:
- Teasing, treating or handling a fresher or any other student with rudeness, by words spoken or written, or by an act;
- Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activity that causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm, or fear in any student;
- Asking a student to do any act which they would not do in the ordinary course and which causes shame, torment or embarrassment;
- Any act by a senior that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or fresher;
- Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group;
- Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student;
- Any act of physical abuse, including all variants of it — sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person;
- Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, public insults, or on social media and messaging groups, including deriving perverted pleasure or vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture of a fresher or any other student;
- Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any other student;
- Any act of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student on the basis of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origin, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background.
Punishments
Depending on the nature and seriousness of the incident, the Anti-Ragging Committee may recommend one or more of the following, in addition to any action under the criminal law:
- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges;
- Withholding or withdrawing scholarships, fellowships and other benefits;
- Debarring from appearing in any test or examination, or withholding results;
- Debarring from representing the College in any moot court, competition, tournament, youth festival or other event;
- Suspension or expulsion from the hostel;
- Cancellation of admission;
- Rustication from the College for a period ranging from one to four semesters;
- Expulsion from the College and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period;
- Fine as prescribed;
- Collective punishment, when the persons committing or abetting ragging are not identified.
Ragging is a cognizable offence. Where the facts disclose a criminal offence, the College will lodge a First Information Report (FIR) with the police. Abetting ragging, or failing to report it, is also treated as ragging.
Anti-ragging measures at the College
- Anti-Ragging Committee — headed by the Principal, with representatives of faculty, parents, students, non-teaching staff, the local administration and police, to ensure compliance with the regulations.
- Anti-Ragging Squad — faculty members who make surprise visits to classrooms, the library, canteen, hostels, buses and other places where ragging may occur.
- Mentoring cell — every fresher is assigned a faculty mentor for guidance and support throughout the first year.
- Orientation — freshers and senior students are briefed on the anti-ragging law, their rights and the reporting process at the start of every session.
- Undertakings — every student and their parent/guardian must submit an anti-ragging undertaking at the time of admission and at the start of each academic year.
- Awareness — anti-ragging posters, notices and helpline numbers are displayed across the campus, and the College observes anti-ragging awareness week.
The names and phone numbers of the members of the Anti-Ragging Committee and Anti-Ragging Squad for the current session are published on the notice board.
Anti-ragging undertaking
As required by the UGC, each student and parent/guardian must submit an online undertaking every academic year at the official anti-ragging portal www.antiragging.in. After registering, you will receive the undertaking by email; a copy must be submitted to the College office.
How to report ragging
If you are a victim or a witness of ragging, please report it immediately. Your identity will be kept confidential, and no action will be taken against a student for making a complaint in good faith.
- Speak to your faculty mentor, any member of the Anti-Ragging Committee or Squad, or the Principal.
- Call or write to the College office: +91 9837400338, +91 8006401301 · rklc.bpt@gmail.com
- National Anti-Ragging Helpline (UGC), 24×7, toll-free: 1800-180-5522
- Email the national helpline: helpline@antiragging.in
- In an emergency, call the police on 112.
A message to our students
Seniors are expected to welcome freshers as friends and guides, not to intimidate them. Let us build a campus where every new student feels safe from the first day — that is the first lesson in justice.
— Mr. Rohit Yadav, Chairman, Radha Krishna Law College