Install complaint boxes in schools for children to report sexual abuse, Madras HC directs TN
The Hindu
The orders were passed while confirming the conviction imposed by a Mahila court in Salem in 2019 on S. Jayaseelan, a pastor, for having sexually abused a 12-year-old school girl in 2013
The Madras High Court has directed the State government to install complaint boxes in every school to encourage students to shun hesitation and complain freely about any case of sexual abuse, either by the managing committee members or teaching or non-teaching staff. Justice P. Velmurugan ordered that the keys of the complaint boxes should be in the custody of the District Legal Services Authority. The DLSA should check the boxes every week along with the District Social Welfare Officer and forward the relevant complaints to the police.
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