SC seeks ATR from UGC, MCI and AICTE in ragging case
New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI)The Supreme Court today directed University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and Medical Council of India (MCI) to file their action taken report within four weeks, detailing the steps taken by them to check the menace of ragging in educational institutions .
A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Lokeshwar Singh Panta, also refused to entertain an application seeking relaxtation in the condition of having 75 per cent attendance for contesting students union elections in a university or a college.
The
court
told
the
applicant,
" you
were
given
admission
for
studying
and
not
for
indulging
in
politics
at
behest
of
major
political
parties.
You
don't
want
to
attend
classes
but
want
to
indulge
in
politics
and
such
a
situation
can
not
be
accepted
."
Earlier,
while
issuing
guidelines
for
checking
the
menace
of
physical
and
emotional
torture
of
freshers
in
the
name
of
ragging
,
the
apex
court
had
made
it
clear
that
"
we
want
students
and
not
goondas
in
university
campus."
UNI