The Orissa High Court has expressed deep concerns over continuation of ragging activities on campuses of Odisha’s medical colleges despite the Medical Council of India (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges/Institutions) Regulations, 2009) declaring ragging a punishable offence.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Talapatra and Justice Savitri Ratho made this observation while hearing a public interest litigation petition which highlighted incidents of freshly admitted students being subjected to traumatising ragging in the State-run Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College, Berhampur.
Laxmidhar Swain, the petitioner, had submitted that incidents of ragging in the form of physical and mental torture had been brought to the notice of authorities.
