According to Act No. 7 of 1997 of the Tamilnadu prohibition of Ragging Act, Ragging in educational institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu, is prohibited.
According to this Act, ‘Ragging’ means display of noisy, disorderly conduct, doing any act which causes or is likely to cause physical or psychological harm or raise apprehension or fear, shame or embarassement to a student in any educational institution and includes;
a) tearing, abusing or playing practical jokes on, or causing hurt to such student or
b) asking the student to do any act or perform something which such student will not in the ordinary course willingly do.
Any student convicted of an offence under ragging shall be dismissed from the educational institution and such students shall not be admitted in any other educational institution.