The gruesome murder of Infosys employee Swathi has prompted a Madras High Court Judge to write to Chief Justice S.K. Kaul insisting on the need to direct the Central and State governments to begin sensitisation of children, especially boys, to equality, respect for girl children and women at school level.
Based on the references made by Justice N. Kirubakaran raising 15 queries on public safety in the wake of the murder, the First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice R. Mahadevan on Tuesday registered a suo motu proceeding, and ordered notice to the Central and State governments returnable on August 4.
Justice Kirubakaran went on to wonder why psychological evaluation of children, especially boys, at the school level should not be made mandatory. He stated that it could be done to see if there was a potential in children to emerge in conflict with law, who would in future harass, assault, and commit offences against women. He also wanted the governments to answer, why not moral education shall be made mandatory in schools and colleges.
Pressing the need to take up the issue as suo motu proceeding, Justice Kirubakaran said, “Authorities should wake up to address the issue on a war-footing manner.”
