To prevent fights between Chennai college students, set up panel: HC

Says urgent intervention at college level and earlier at school can bring lasting solution

- R SIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

CALLING for long-term solutions to address the vexatious issue of group clashes between Chennai city college students due to the 'Route Thala' culture of asserting pride and domination on public transport on the stretch they are travelling, the Madras High Court has asked the state government to set up a special committee to devise strategies to check such incidents.

Justice AD Jagadish Chandira made the recommendation while closing the petitions filed by three students of Pachaiyappa's College last year seeking bail in the case relating to the assault and death of a Presidency College student. The students were granted bail on December 2, 2024, with the condition of serving at the trauma care wards in government medical college hospitals in the city.