Date: 2025-08-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported corporal punishment fracturing a student's shoulder at a government-run primary school in the Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
**Summary:**
On August 18, 2025, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, initiated a *suo motu* cognizance of a reported incident involving corporal punishment at a government-run primary school in the Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident allegedly resulted in a fractured shoulder for a third-grade student. The NHRC's action was prompted by a media report dated August 7, 2025, detailing the event. Citing concerns regarding potential human rights violations, the NHRC has issued notices to the Principal Secretary of the Department of Basic Education, Uttar Pradesh, and the District Police Commissioner of Gautam Budh Nagar, requesting a comprehensive report on the matter within two weeks. The media report indicates that the student required hospitalization and surgery for the injury.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission: A national human rights organization, referred to as NHRC, India.
Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh: The location where the incident of corporal punishment occurred.
Department of Basic Education: A department of the Uttar Pradesh State Government to whom notice was issued.
District Police Commissioner: A law enforcement official in Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh to whom notice was issued.
corporal punishment: The act of physically punishing a student, which is the subject of the NHRC's investigation.
Principal Secretary: A government official of Uttar Pradesh State Government to whom notice was issued.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported
corporal punishment fracturing a student's shoulder
at a government-run primary school in the Gautam
Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Issues notices to the State Principal Secretary,
Department of Basic Education and the District
Police Commissioner calling for a detailed report
within two weeks
Posted On: 18 AUG 2025 5:36PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report
that corporal punishment by a teacher fractured the shoulder of a third standard student at a government-run
primary school in the Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, the boy did not disclose the
incident but refused to go to school till after 3-4 days; his younger brother informed that he was injured due to
beating with a stick by a teacher.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of
human rights of the victim. Therefore, it has issued notices to the State Principal Secretary, Department of
Basic Education and the District Police Commissioner calling for a detailed report on the matter within two
weeks.
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According to the media report, carried on 7 August, 2025, the parents of the victim boy admitted him to a
hospital where a surgery on his shoulder was scheduled.
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NSK
(Release ID: 2157563)