The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in the 'student slapping' incident case and asked it to respond by September 25.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. The schoolteacher was accused of making communal comments and ordering her students to slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework.
The school was also served a notice by the education department in connection with the matter.
The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, was booked on the complaint of the boy's family under IPC sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) -- both non-cognisable offences. Such offences are bailable and do not lead to immediate arrest, and require a warrant.
The action was taken a day after a video showed her asking her students to slap the Class 2 boy at Neha Public School in Khubbapur village and also making a communal remark.
The video elicited strong words from several political leaders with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the apex child rights body, demanding action against the accused teacher.
With inputs from PTI
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