Hyderabad: A part of the boundary wall at the Government High School, Darulshifa, which has a history spanning more than 100 years and a rich and long-standing heritage, collapsed as a result of the heavy rains that the city has been experiencing. Although there were no reported casualties, the school administration told Deccan Chronicle that the building has grown weak …
The headmaster of a school cannot be prosecuted for cruelty under the Juvenile Justice Act for a teacher's actions merely because he heads the institution in the absence of specific allegations of assault, connivance or wilful neglect on his part, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench held. Section 75 of the JJ Act that prescribes punishment for cruelty to child …