Ragging is human rights abuse, says Supreme Court

Terming ragging as "human rights abuse in essence", the Supreme Court on Wednesday again directed all educational institutions to take stringent anti-ragging measures, including filing criminal cases against erring students.A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Mukundakam Sharma ruled that the police would have to be "informed immediately and criminal law set into motion (against students ragging juniors)".