• Higher Edu. Min. ordered to provide funds/tech support/facilities 

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (9) ordered the University Grants Commission (UGC) to strictly implement the set of guidelines that have already been formulated to prevent ragging in universities across the country.

The SC bench also ordered the Minister of Education and Higher Education (Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya) to take steps to provide necessary financial and technical support as well as facilities to implement the guidelines. The bench also ordered that the case be recalled on 14 January 2026 to review the progress of how the directives are being enforced.

The order was issued by a three-Judge bench comprising Justices A.L. Shiran Gooneratne, K. Priyantha Fernando, and Sobitha Rajakaruna, while delivering the verdict on a fundamental rights petition filed by a first-year university student who continues to suffer both physically and mentally due to injuries sustained due to facing ragging in the year 2020, Pasindu Hirushan de Silva.