Supreme Court on Muslim Boy Slapped At UP School: “Should Shock Conscience”

The administration of Uttar Pradesh asserted that the case’s communal overtones were overblown

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered that a senior IPS officer be appointed to monitor the investigation in the case of a seven-year-old who was repeatedly slapped by his classmates in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on the orders of their teacher. The court stated that if the allegations are true, it should shock the state’s conscience. The court described it as “serious and worrying” and stated that it is a right to life issue. This year, a video of the incident that went viral caused a great deal of controversy. His friends alternately slapped the student while showing the footage as he stood there sobbing. In the footage, the instructor can also be heard requesting that the students strike him firmly.

The victim and the other pupils involved in the incident must receive competent therapy, the court ordered the UP government to do so.

The top court postponed the case till October 30 and ordered the state of Uttar Pradesh to submit a compliance report on student counselling and assume responsibility for the victim child’s education.

The content of the FIR, which does not include the accusations made by the child’s father, has also drawn strong criticism from the Supreme Court. Although it wasn’t included in the FIR, the court claimed that the father had claimed that his son had been abused because of his faith in a statement. The Right to Education Act deals with providing quality, free, and mandatory education to children up to the age of 14, without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, or gender, the court stated, adding that this is a case of failure on the part of the UP government to comply with those provisions. The court added that it is a matter of quality education, which also includes sensitive education.

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The Supreme Court was considering a request for a prompt probe in the case made by Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

The administration of Uttar Pradesh asserted that the case’s communal overtones were overblown.

The District Superintendent of Police was requested to submit a report by the Supreme Court in a notice it sent to the Uttar Pradesh government on September 6. It enquired as to the actions taken to prosecute the suspect and safeguard the child’s relatives.

Tripta Tyagi, the 60-year-old teacher who is also the principal of Muzaffarnagar’s Neha Public School, initially asserted that she was not “ashamed” of her heinous crime but subsequently released a video in which she emphasised that she did not instruct children to slap their Muslim classmates for any communal reasons. She repeated that she had “made a mistake” and begged for pardon with her palms clasped.

Politicians from all parties have denounced the act as a hate crime directed at the state’s current BJP administration.