Piyangani Navaratne and Others v. Chadrasena – sllr 1998 volume 1 page 170

In the case between Priyangani Navaratne and Others (teacher trainees) and Chandrasena (head of the educational institution), the court addressed whether the imposition of a second disciplinary punishment for ragging constituted a violation of fundamental rights under Article 12(1). The petitioners, teacher trainees, challenged both the procedural fairness and legitimacy of being sanctioned twice for the same incident—first through suspension, then through expulsion or extension of internship—following acts of ragging which caused severe physical and emotional harm to newcomers. It was established that infringement of fundamental rights occurred due to the imposition of a second punishment and procedural shortcomings. However, owing to the gravity and collective nature of the misconduct, w