Madras HC orders ₹25L compensation to student who lost eyesight in fight at school
TIMES OF INDIA 20.04.2018
Madurai: The Madurai bench of Madras HC on Thursday ordered ₹25 lakh compensation to a boy who lost his eyesight when a classmate threw a stone at him in the school, holding that the authorities had the duty to look after children in schools.
Rejecting the private school’s argument that fights among students in the class was a thing beyond its control, the court said it was the duty of the authorities to take care of children after parents leave them in school. Passing orders on a petition filed by the boy’s mother, K Ranjees Mary, Justice M V Muralidharan said but for the negligence in the discharge of duty, the boy would not have lost his eyesight.
The student, R Remish Fedlin, of the school in Kanyakumari district, was injured in the eye when his classmate threw a stone at him during special class in May 2010. The Tamil Nadu government too has failed to take action against the school authorities after the incident was reported, the judge said.
Justice Muralidharan of the Madurai bench also rejected the contention that the petition was filed to extort money and said the FIR itself was filed 18 months after the incident. PTI
TIMES OF INDIA 20.04.2018
Madurai: The Madurai bench of Madras HC on Thursday ordered ₹25 lakh compensation to a boy who lost his eyesight when a classmate threw a stone at him in the school, holding that the authorities had the duty to look after children in schools.
Rejecting the private school’s argument that fights among students in the class was a thing beyond its control, the court said it was the duty of the authorities to take care of children after parents leave them in school. Passing orders on a petition filed by the boy’s mother, K Ranjees Mary, Justice M V Muralidharan said but for the negligence in the discharge of duty, the boy would not have lost his eyesight.
The student, R Remish Fedlin, of the school in Kanyakumari district, was injured in the eye when his classmate threw a stone at him during special class in May 2010. The Tamil Nadu government too has failed to take action against the school authorities after the incident was reported, the judge said.
Justice Muralidharan of the Madurai bench also rejected the contention that the petition was filed to extort money and said the FIR itself was filed 18 months after the incident. PTI
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