My college's hostel is levying hefty fines on students who miss their attendance, which is supposed to be marked daily in the morning and evening.
The fines are crazy high. They are in an incremental order, where the 1st miss - Rs. 1/-, 2nd miss - Rs. 100/-, 3rd miss - Rs. 1,000/-, 4th miss - Rs. 2,000/-, 5th miss - 3,000/-, 6th miss - 4,000/-, and so on....
Now if someone missed their attendance for a total of 7 times in the complete span of 10 months of his stay at the hostel, he would be fined Rs. 15,101/-, and on average if the student misses a total of 10 times during his stay, which is like once a month, the fine would be Rs. 36,101/-
Are there any laws, which prevent institutions from levying such hefty fines?