College Teachers across the UT of J&K observed one day Pen Down strike against the arrest of one of their colleagues from Govt Degree College Kathua under section 306 of IPC for the unfortunate suicide of their students.
Rakesh Jasrotia, President JKCTA-Jammu strongly resented the treatment being meted out to their colleague who has been under detention for the last 14 days without any preliminary legal remedy of bail.He further expressed his surprise that our colleague has already been taken as a convict without trial.He highlighted that the teachers always want good of the students and never want to harm them in any way. So, the legal process should take the nature of job of a teacher and his/her intentions towards the students into consideration so that the teacher is not unnecessarily harmed for discharging his/her routine duties as teacher .On the one hand, the college teachers are under shock due to the unfortunate suicide by their student, on the other hand, the arrest of their colleague for the same has shaken their morale as far as the discharge of their routine duties is concerned.
So, he appealed to the legal-cum-judicial institutions to respond accordingly for the dignity and liberty of the college teacher. The protesting college teachers also appealed to LG administration to provide for institutionalized safeguards for college teachers so that they can discharge their routine duties of teaching, attendance, evaluation, examination duties without any fear of implication. They also appealed for the immediate release of the college teacher for restoring the dignity and morale of the college teachers.
