Chhattisgarh High Court: Physical violence for discipline or education is cruel

The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a teacher accused of abetting a student's suicide, stating that corporal punishment is cruel and unconstitutional. The court emphasized the importance of nurturing children with care rather than subjecting them to physical violence. In Short Chhattisgarh HC dismisses teacher's petition in student suicide case Court declares corporal punishment as cruel and unconstitutional Emphasizes the need to nurture children with care and tenderness It is cruel to subject a child to physical violence in school in the name of discipline or education, the Chhattisgarh High Court observed while dismissing a petition filed by a woman teacher accused of abetting the suicide of student. An FIR was lodged at Manipur police station in February against Sister Mercy alias Elizabeth Jose (43), a teacher of Carmel Convent School in Ambikapur in Surguja District, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a girl student of Class VI, the petitioner’s lawyer Rajat Agrawal said.