HC asks how kids wearing school uniform at PM’s rally is an offence
The Madras High Court on Thursday wondered how a case under the Juvenile Justice Act could be filed against the headmistress of a school for taking the students to see PM Modi’s road show in Coimbatore.
The court had previously directed the police not to take any coercive action against the school management.
Justice G Jayachandran also remarked that the police should not end up filing criminal cases against school management as a knee-jerk reaction to media reports.
The court also remarked that filing criminal cases against the school for such incidents will have a large-scale impact on the future participation of children in political rallies.
The court was hearing a plea filed by a headmistress of a school in Coimbatore for quashing a criminal case registered against the school management for allegedly taking 32 school students in uniform to see the roadshow conducted by PM Modi in Coimbatore on March 18, 2024.
The police had registered cases for the offenses under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 based on a complaint by the District Child Protection Officer.