Teachers abusing and torturing students how to proceed legally

632 votes

DEAR FRIEND
FIRST YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A APPLICATION CUM REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL AND MANAGING COMMITE AND WRITE ALL THE INCIDENT CLEARLY AND IF THEY DON'T TAKE PROPER ACTION THEN YOU MAY FILE F.I.R OR COMPLAINT CASE AGAINST THEM

Advocate Shyam Narsaria LawRato

528 votes

anssection 23 of new Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 provides punishment for cruelty to juvenile or child. Whoever, having the actual charge of or control over, a juvenile or the child, assaults, abandons, exposes or willfully neglects the juvenile or causes or procures him to be assaulted, abandoned, exposed or neglected in a manner likely to cause such juvenile or the child unnecessarily mental or physical suffering shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine, or with both.
This section has no exceptions to exempt parents or teachers. Though it is intended to punish cruelty by those in authority, it equally applies to parents and teachers also.
Apart from that there is also guidelines issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on eliminating corporal punishment in schools,
hence, Yes,punishment in schools is strictly prohibited and one can directly lodge a FIR against the teacher and rest police will work out.

LawRato LawRato

927 votes

Physical assualt / abuse is strictly prohibited. Even CBSE has issued guidelines regarding it. File a complaint with the police and also complaint with the school principal. Have a medical injury / treatment record prior to lodging of the case.

Advocate Ashutosh Anand LawRato