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Ordinance XV-C
Prohibition of and Punishment for Ragging

Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited, within the premises of College/Department or Institution and any part of Delhi University system as well as on public transport.

Any individual or collective act or practice of ragging constitutes gross indiscipline and shall be dealt with under this Ordinance

Ragging for the purposes of this Ordinance, ordinarily means any act, conduct or practice by which dominant power or status of senior students is brought to bear on students freshly enrolled or students who are in anyway considered junior or inferior by other students and includes individual or collective acts or practices which-

a.	involve physical assault or threat to use of physical force;
b.	violate the status, dignity and honour of women students;
c.	violate the status, dignity and honour of students belonging to the scheduled castes and tribes;
d.	expose students to ridicule and contempt and affect their self esteem;
e.	entail verbal abuse and aggression, indecent gestures and obscene behaviour.

The Principal of a College, the Head of the Department or an Institution, the authorities of College, of University Hostel or Halls of Residence shall take immediate action on any information of the occurrence of ragging.

Notwithstanding anything in Clause (4) above, the Proctor may also suo moto enquire into any incident of ragging and make a report to the Vice-Chancellor of the identity of those who have engaged in ragging and the nature of the incident.

The Proctor may also submit an initial report establishing the identity of the perpetrators of ragging and the nature of the ragging incident.

If the Principal of a College or Head of the Department or Institution or the Proctor is satisfied that for some reason, to be recorded in writing, it is not reasonably practical to hold such an enquiry, he/she may so advise the Vice-Chancellor accordingly.

When the Vice-Chancellor is satisfied that it is not expedient to hold such an enquiry, his/her decision shall be final.

On the receipt of a report under Clause (5) or (6) or a determination by the relevant authority under Clause (7) disclosing the occurrence of ragging incidents described in Clause 3 (a), (b) and (c) the Vice-Chancellor shall direct or order rustication of a student or students for a specific number of years.

10.

The Vice-Chancellor may in other cases of ragging order or direct that any student or students be expelled or be not for a stated period, admitted to a course of study in a college, departmental examination for one or more years or that the results of the student or students concerned in the examination or examinations in which they appeared be cancelled.

11.

In case any students who have obtained degrees of Delhi University are found guilty under this Ordinance appropriate action under Statute 15 for withdrawal of degrees conferred by the University shall be intiated.

12.

For the purpose of this Ordinance, abetment to ragging whether by way of any act, practice or incitement of ragging will also amount to ragging.

13.

All institutions within the Delhi University system shall be obligated to carry out instructions/directions issued under this Ordinance, and to give aid and assistance to theVice-Chancellor to achieve the effective implementation of the ordinance. Addition of Ordinance XV-D-"Sexual Harassment" (Page No. 385 of the University Calendar Volume 1,1998). (CE 30.9.2003) Ordinance XV-D-Sexual Harassment

Short Title and Extent: The present ordinance is based on the Policy against Sexual Harassment by the Delhi University and seeks to maintain and create an academic and work environment free of sexual harassment for students, academic and non-teaching staff of the Delhi University. The ordinance will also apply to outsiders and residents, on the Delhi University campus, to the extent specified herein these rules and procedures.

Definitions:

Students- includes regular students as well as current ex-students of Delhi University.

ii.

Teaching staff-includes any person on the staff of the Delhi University or any colleges or institution affiliated to it, who is appointed to a teaching and/or research post, whether full time, temporary, ad-hoc, part-time, visiting, honorary, or on special duty or deputation and shall also include employees employed on a casual or project basis.

iii.

Non-Teaching Staff-includes any person on the staff of the Delhi University or of any colleges or institutions affiliated to it, who is not included in the teaching staff. It includes employees who are full-time, temporary, ad-hoc, part-time, visiting, honorary, or on special duty or deputation, and employees employed on a casual or project basis.

iv.

Member of the University-includes all those included in categories (i)-(iii) above.

Resident-includes any person who is a temporary or permanent resident of any of the accommodations or premises allotted to an employee by the University of Delhi or by any of its affiliated colleges or institutions.

vi.

Outsider- includes any person who is not a member of the University or a resident. It also includes, but is not limited to, any private person offering residential, food and other facilities to students, teaching staff or non-teaching staff of the Delhi University or any college or institution affiliated to Delhi University.

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Campus- includes all places of work and residence in the Delhi University or any College or institutions affiliated to the Delhi University. It includes all places of instruction, research and administration, as well as hostel, health centres, sports grounds, staff quarters and public places (including shopping centres, eating places, parks, streets and lanes) on the Delhi University campus or the campus of any college or institution affiliated to the Delhi University.

viii.

Sexual harassment- includes any unwelcome sexually determined behaviour, whether directly or by implication and includes physical contact and advances, a demand or request for sexual favours, sexually-coloured remarks, showing pornography or any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature. Explanation: Sexua 1 harassment, shall include, but will not be confined to the following:

a.	When submission to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are made, either implicitly or explicitly, a ground for any decision relating to employment, academic performance, extracurricular activities, or entitlement to services or opportunities at the Delhi University.
b.	When unwelcome sexual advances, and verbal, non-verbal and/or physical conduct such as loaded comments, remarks or jokes, letters, phone calls or e-mail, gestures, exhibition of pornography, lurid stares, physical contact, stalking, sounds or display of a derogatory nature have the purpose and/or effect of interfering with an individuals performance or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.
c.	When unwelcome sexual advances, and verbal, non-verbal and/or physical conduct such as loaded comments, remarks or jokes, letters, phone calls or e-mail, gestures, exhibition of pornography, lurid stares, physical contact, stalking, sounds or display of a derogatory nature have the purpose and/or effect of interfering with an individuals performance or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.
d.	When deprecatory comments, conduct or any such behaviour is based on the gender identity/sexual orientation of the person and /or when the classroom or other public forum of the University is used to denigrade/discriminate against a person or create a hostile environment on the basis of a persons gender identity/sexual orientation.

Scope of the Ordinance: This Ordinance shall be applicable to all complaints of sexual harassment made:

i.	by a member of the University against any other member of the University irrespective of whether the harassment is alleged to have taken place within or outside the campus,
ii.	by a resident against a member of the University or by a member against a resident irrespective of whether the sexual harassment is alleged to have taken place within or outside the campus,
iii.	by an outsider against a member of the University or by a member of the University against an outsider if the sexual harassment is alleged to have taken place within the campus,
iv.	by a member of the university, against an outsider if the sexual harassment is alleged to have taken place outside the campus. In such cases the Committee shall recommend that the University college authorities initiate action by making a complaint with the appropriate authority. Further the committee will actively assist and provide available resources to the complainant in pursuing the complaint.

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