Justice for Charith:

Rage backs parents of ragging victim in Fundamental Rights Action

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The parents of Charith Dilshan, a second year undergraduate from the Faculty of Technology, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka who faced intense ragging, filed a Fundamental Rights petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, July 15, 2025, case number S.C. Application (F/R) No. 147/25.

Following severe harassment, humiliation, and violation of his fundamental human rights as part of the rag that prevails in our state university system, Charith tragically took his life on April 29, 2025. In order to seek justice for their son, Charith’s parents, with the assistance of Rage, a nonprofit organisation committed to eradicating harassment and bullying in educational institutions and workplaces, filed the petition in the hope that no parent has to watch their child go through such an ill fate again. The petition not only claims for institutions and parties involved, through their action or inaction, to take responsibility but also for changes to be made within the system to ensure the proper enforcement of the law.