Scolding does not amount to provoking a student to take own life: SC
The Hindu
It is a solemn duty of a teacher to instil discipline in the students, says apex court
Disciplinary measures adopted by a teacher or other authorities of a school, reprimanding a student for his indiscipline, will not tantamount to provoking a student to commit suicide, the Supreme Court held in a judgment on Tuesday.
“It is a solemn duty of a teacher to instil discipline in the students. It is not uncommon that teachers reprimand a student for not being attentive or not being up to the mark in studies or for bunking classes or not attending the school,” a Bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari observed.
A mere reprimand or disciplinary action will not translate to the crime of abetment of suicide unless “there are repeated specific allegations of harassment and insult deliberately without any justifiable cause or reason”.
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