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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
SHRC orders Rs 50K relief for techie ‘humiliated' by woman inspector over marital dispute in Chennai
CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the payment of Rs 50,000 in compensation to a techie who was assaulted and ill-treated by an inspector attached to Tambaram all-women police station during a 'katta panchayat; (kangaroo court) in a marital dispute with his wife. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Commission member V Kannadasan directed the state to recover the amount from the personal funds of inspector C Sumathi andinitiate disciplinary action against her. According to complainant V Sagaya Praveen, the inspector forced his mother to hand over the keys of her house to his wife at the police station. Sagaya Praveen, an IT company executive from Kamarajapuram at Anakaputhur, and his wife Mary Mercy were living separately due to family issues. He said Sumathi, who was then an inspector at Tambaram all-women police station, acted under the influence of Antony Stalin, who was the inspector at Chengalpet Town Police Station and a relative of his wife. In 2020, Sumathi allegedly summoned Praveenand his family to the station and forcibly took the key to a house registered in his mother's name and handed it to his wife, effectively conducting a 'kangaroo court', he said. Praveen alleged that when he refused to hand over the key, he was assaulted in front of his wife's kin, forced to sit on the ground, and humiliated. Allowing the complaint, the commission concluded that the inspector violated the human rights of the complainant and ordered the compensation. The inspector from Tambaram all-women police station had convened a kangaroo court to resolve a marital dispute.
New Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Rs 50 lakh to kin for death due to negligence of government doctor in Tamil Nadu
TIRUNELVELI: In a case of medical negligence of a government doctor that allegedly led to the death of a woman at his private clinic in 2018, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs 50 lakh, including Rs 6 lakh for vicarious liability, as compensation to the victim's family within four weeks. SHRC member V Kannadasan also directed the state to recover Rs 40 lakh from defendant Dr C Prabhakar, assistant professor of plastic surgery department of Thoothukudi Government Medical College, recommended his dismissal from service, and initiation of criminal action against him. The state must also monitor government doctors engaged in private practice, the SHRC order issued on Monday said. In November 2018, complainant S Karuppasamy, a jawan, had admitted his wife Jaya with 30% burn injuries at Kovilpatti Government Headquarters Hospital (GHQH), where Dr Prabhakar was working. According to the petitioner, the doctor forced Jaya's family members, with the help of two brokers, to shift her to Jai Hospital, his private facility.
News18
24-04-2025
- News18
Tamil Nadu Student In Hospital After 600 Sit-Ups, Awarded Rs 2 Lakh Compensation
Last Updated: A schoolgirl in Tamil Nadu was hospitalised after being forced to do 600 sit-ups by her teacher who punished her for not completing a project. In a harrowing incident that has jolted Tamil Nadu, a young schoolgirl from Sivaganga was hospitalised in critical condition after she was forced to perform 600 sit-ups over two consecutive days as punishment for not completing a school project. The punishment, inflicted by a teacher at SS Kottai Government Higher Secondary School, led to an intervention by the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission, which ordered the state government to pay Rs 2 lakh in compensation to the victim's mother. The case traces back to October 2017, but came to a head after years of legal review and official investigation. According to the complaint filed by the girl's mother, V Pandiselvi, a Class 7 student, was first subjected to 200 sit-ups on October 24 by her Tamil teacher. The following day, the punishment intensified when she was compelled to do another 400 sit-ups. The girl, who had just begun menstruating, returned home in a state of extreme fatigue and promptly collapsed. She began experiencing acute abdominal pain, heavy bleeding, and vomiting, prompting her family to rush her to Sivaganga Medical College, where she remained in the Intensive Care Unit for 6 days. Medical records and testimony presented during the enquiry supported the mother's claim that the punishment severely aggravated the girl's physical condition. The Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission launched an enquiry into the matter after receiving the complaint, seeking a detailed report from the state's Department of School Education. The departmental report confirmed that the student had indeed been subjected to the extreme physical punishment due to her failure to submit a project assignment. Commission member V Kannadasan, who presided over the case, noted that the teacher in question failed to provide any response or explanation during the proceedings. Based on official documentation and testimonies, the Commission concluded that the incident constituted a clear violation of the student's human rights. The girl was subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment under the guise of school discipline, said Kannadasan in the Commission's final ruling, adding that the psychological and physical trauma caused by such actions cannot be justified under any circumstance. In its verdict, the Commission directed the Tamil Nadu government to disburse a compensation amount of Rs 2 lakh to the girl's mother. It also recommended that the state's Education Department take disciplinary action against the teacher responsible. First Published:
New Indian Express
24-04-2025
- New Indian Express
SHRC recommends action against teacher for forcing TN student to do 600 sit-ups; orders Rs 2 lakh compensation
SIVAGANGA: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended the state government to take disciplinary action against a government schoolteacher for making a Class VII student to do 600 sit-ups within days of her attaining puberty in 2017 and also to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the girl's mother. While giving the recommendation on Tuesday, SHRC member V Kannadasan stated that the compensation can be recovered by the government from the schoolteacher. The girl's mother V Pandiselvi of Sivaganga had filed the complaint seeking appropriate action against R Chitra, the Tamil teacher (BT assistant) who had punished the girl at a government higher secondary school in SS Kottai village. In the complaint, Pandiselvi stated that Chitra had forced her daughter to do 200 sit-ups on October 24, 2017, and 400 sit-ups the next day for not doing homework. 'This happened within 10 days of her attaining puberty. Because of the sit-ups, my daughter had stomach pain, heavy bleeding, vomiting and severe fever.' After receiving the complaint, the SHRC forwarded it to chief educational officer to inquire and send a report. The CEO in a February 2018 report recommended the joint director of School Education (Personnel), Chennai, to initiate departmental inquiry against the teacher. Based on medical documents and others, the SHRC stated it was a violation of human rights before recommending disciplinary action.
