HC on Teacher-Student Relation: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Teacher Booked for Beating Student, Cites Guru-Shishya Bond From Mahabharata

The Kerala High Court recently quashed a criminal case filed against a teacher for beating a seventh-standard student with a stick after the student verbally abused the teacher. While quashing the case, the high court bench of Justice A Badharudeen said that teachers nowadays live in fear of facing criminal cases or arrests if they try to discipline disrespectful students. The judge also noted that the situation today is a far cry from the guru-shishya (teacher-student) bonds referred to in the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. "When Ekalavya was instructed to offer his right thumb, which is the pivotal organ made him the best in archery, as a token of respect (gurudakshina) for his teacher (Dronacharya), it was given without any hesitation. As the world developed and technologies have been highly advanced, the teacher-student relationship became upside down. Now, as I could notice, teachers are in a world of fear, to deal with the students, apprehending registration of criminal case and detention of them behind bars," the state's top court said. HC on School Uniform: School Insisting on Students To Wear Uniform Is Not ‘Cruelty Againt Child’ Under Section 75 of Juvenile Justice Act, Says Kerala High Court.

Teachers Are in a World of Fear

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