Justice Vinay Joshi said that teachers can reprimand students but not in a language that could shatter their tender minds.
“No doubt, he (teacher) can reprimand students, but not in such a language which would shatter the tender mind,” the single-judge held.
Ganpatrao Patil, the chairman of Symbolic International School, had pulled up the deceased, after he hit a football towards a girl by mistake.
The incident took place on April 1, 2022.
The accused allegedly told the deceased that he was a “Nalayak, Dharti Ka Bojh, Zhopadpattichhap etc.” (worthless, burden on earth, slum-dweller).
The accused chairman also called the grandfather of the child to the school and told him to take away his grandson and that he should be rusticated from the school.
The High Court’s order observed,
“It is well settled that each case depends upon facts and circumstances of the case. Whether a person has abetted in the commission of suicide, could only be gathered from the facts of particular case. There can be indirect act of incitement for commission of suicide. On examining entire investigation paper it reveals that there are several complaints of the parents against the applicant about misbehavior with students. As regards to the case in hand, the utterances of the applicant are objectionable.”
Source: Barandbench
