THE TAMIL NADU PROHIBITION OF RAGGING ACT, 1997 THE TAMIL NADU PROHIBITION OF RAGGING ACT, 1997 (Act No.7 of 1997) An act to prohibit ragging in educational institution in the State of Tamil Nadu. Be it enacted by the Legislature Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Ragging in its manifold form has become a menace not only to the student community particularly to fresh entrants but also it has got its ramification in the society at large. The administrative actions taken so far have been found ineffective. It has therefore been decided to prohibit ragging by law. To give effect to the above decision, the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Ordinance, 1996 (Tamil Nadu ordinance 10 of 1996) was promulgated by the Governor on the 19th December, 1996 and the same was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 19th December 1996. 2. The bill seeks to replace the above Ordinance. 1. Short title, extend and commencement- (1) this Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997. (2) It extends to the whole of the.....
List Judgments citing this section.....for permission to give security in lieu of such attachment and where the security offered and given is in the opinion of the Special Court, satisfactory, and sufficient it may cancel, the ad-interim order of attachment or, as the case may be refrain from passing the order of attachment. 10. Administration of property attached " The Special Court may, on the application of any person interested in any property attached under this Act, and after giving the Competent authority an opportunity of being heard, make such orders as the Special Court considers just and reasonable for- (a) providing from such of the property attached as the applicant claims an interest in such sums as may be reasonably necessary for the maintenance of the applicant and of his family, and for expenses connected with the defence of the applicant where criminal proceedings have been instituted against him in the Special Court under section 5: (b) safeguarding so far as may be practicable the interest of any business affected by the attachment and in particular in the interest of any partners in such business. 11. Appeal " Any person including the competent authority, if aggrieved by an order.....
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