Sri Lanka, May 28 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka, through its President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Secretary Chathura Galhena, has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court today in the wake of the tragic ragging and suicide of 23-year-old Charith Dilshan Dayananda, a second-year student at the Faculty of Technology, the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

The petition alleges that Charith Dilshan was subjected to sustained and brutal ragging by senior students, culminating in a degrading and traumatic episode on April 26, 2025, after which he committed suicide. The petitioners allege that the failure of the Sabaragamuwa University authorities, the University Grants Commission, the Police and others to enforce anti...