Overview

• The Haryana Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance and called the alleged assault a grave violation of human and child rights.
• Police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act, with the superintendent of police directed to report on progress, applied sections, and protection for the family.
• Video evidence alleges the principal and a bus driver at Srijan Public School tied a seven-year-old upside down and slapped him in August, and another clip shows the principal using harsh punishments on students.
• Commission members visited Panipat on September 29 and met senior district officials to review facts and coordinate the inquiry.
• Education authorities were told to review school discipline and safety measures, ensure counselling for the child and family, and monitor unauthorised schools ahead of the hearing.