[InsideKerala] Ragging: HC declines to order payment of compensations

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Friday, 04.01.2008, 04:42am (GMT)

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday decline to order payment compensation to an engineering student who had to discontinue studies on account of unbearable ragging by a group of senior students. Ramla Makkar , mother of the student, Muhammed Shah had claimed Rs. 2 lakh as compensation from the college authorities as they had failed to take action against the erring students. The court however directed the management to return Rs. 74,405 paid as fee by the student.