Delhi High Court Clears School Officials in Student's Tragic Fall

The Delhi High Court has discharged a school chairman and a teacher from a case involving the accidental death of a 12-year-old student who fell from the second floor of the school building in 2012. The court ruled it a tragic accident, absolving the officials of any negligence.

The Delhi High Court on Friday cleared the chairman and a teacher of a private school in Delhi of charges linked to the death of a 12-year-old student who fell from the second floor of the school building in 2012.

The court ruled that evidence showed the student lost his balance and fell accidentally, not due to any negligence or recklessness on the part of the chairman, Nawab Singh Bhati, or teacher, Asha Budhani.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna stated that the parapet's height was appropriate, and no fault could be attributed to Bhati or Budhani. The ruling overturned a trial court's October 2023 decision to frame charges against the two.