Madras HC bans beauty contests in Tamil Nadu schools, colleges

February 06, 2015 23:11

The Madras High Court banned beauty contests and peagents in schools and colleges across Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Following the orders, students across Tamil Nadu will no longer be allowed to walk the ramp or flaunt their beauty and fashion sense.

An interim order said a circular must be issued to ban or not to conduct any such beauty shows.

The court passed the orders on petition filed by the mother of an engineering student who had won such a contest in an engineering college, but was allegedly not paid the assured prize.

While the court held that a final order cannot be passed without the university's affidavit. It criticised holding of a beauty contest during a cultural event at the government run college.

The court said, "How will walking the ramp benefit an engineering student."

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