Punishing Students For Indiscipline Wouldn't Mean Suicide Provocation: Supreme Court
NDTV
The observations were made by the top court while quashing an FIR against a school teacher accused for abatement of the suicide of a Class 9 student.
Reprimanding a student for his indiscipline would not be tantamount to provoking a student to commit suicide unless there are repeated specific allegations of harassment, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
The top court said that an old saying -- spare the rod and spoil the child -- may have lost its relevance in present days and Corporal punishment to the child is not recognised by law but that does not mean that a teacher or school authorities have to shut their eyes to any indiscipline act of a student.
The top court said it is a solemn duty of a teacher to instill discipline in the students and reprimanding a student for not being attentive or not being up to the mark in studies or for bunking classes or not attending the school is not uncommon.
The observations were made by the top court while quashing an FIR against a school teacher accused under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abatement of the suicide of a Class 9 student.
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