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Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse A Crime, Headmaster To Be Tried: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court of India has ruled that failing to report child sexual abuse is a criminal offense, overturning lower court decisions that had discharged a headmistress. The ruling emphasizes the legal obligation of authorities to report such crimes.
The court set aside orders of the trial court and the Gauhati High Court that had discharged the headmistress from prosecution for allegedly failing to report the complaint of an eight-year-old student.
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