Rajasthan high court serves notice to school in corporal punishment case

Taking serious note of a 7-year-old girl losing her vision in one eye allegedly after being thrashed by her teacher, the Rajasthan high court has pulled up the school and served show cause notice on the state government and CBSE.

The notice was issued by a single judge bench which took serious note of a petition filed by a 7-year-old student Priya Choudhary, who was allegedly thrashed by her class teacher for not completing her home work resulting into a major damage to her vision in one eye.

The court sought an explanation from the state government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on failure to check corporal punishment in schools.

It issued showcause notice to CBSE, principal secretary (education), government of Rajasthan as also to the Secretary, State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights for its delayed intervention into the matter.

The court also pulled up administration of Tagore School, Jhunjhunu and sought an explanation from the school management as well as class teacher Pratibha Singh, who allegedly beat up the child, resulting in the vision loss.

The victim has sought a compensation of Rs25 lakh.