Will mark certificates of ragging accused: Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao

However, a section of the legal fraternity has criticised the minister’s statement and said that it is better to organise awareness campaigns against ragging instead of giving more powers to the Act.

President of the Forum for Legal Professionals Kuppili Muralidhar said that many reports say that the death penalty does not deter murders in India and other nations. “Similarly, being ousted from colleges for ragging may not deter ragging. Too many Acts will defeat the purpose. Steps need to be taken on university campuses to instill confidence among juniors by installing CCTV cameras at hostels, canteens and other locations to curb ragging,” he added.

President of the Visakhapatnam Bar Association J. Prithvi Raj said that unless the government amends the Act, only then will those accused in ragging cases not get admission in educational institutes the country.

“We also want to make sure that incident like the one that recently happened at the Acharya Nagarjuna University are never repeated. The government and the managements of various colleges have not been monitoring the situation, giving scope for ragging,” he added.