Sri Lanka, July 9 -- The Supreme Court today (9) ordered the University Grants Commission (UGC) to strictly implement the existing guidelines designed to prevent ragging in universities.

The three-member Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Shiran Gooneratne, Priyantha Fernando, and Sobitha Rajakaruna, also directed the Minister of Education and Higher Education to provide the necessary financial, technical support, and facilities for the implementation of these guidelines.

These orders were issued while delivering the verdict on a fundamental rights petition filed by Pasindu Hirushan de Silva, a first-year university student who suffered physical and brain injuries due to ragging in 2020.

The court further ordered the case to be c...