BCC 648/2019
This case involved whether a headteacher should pay compensation for injury to a pupil who had been beaten while at school by another pupil.
Background
The father of a student filed a case against a headteacher before the court. He requested the court to order the headteacher to pay 56000 Dinars. He said that another student had beaten his son and caused him injury. He said that a criminal ruling was issued against the other student. He said that the headteacher should bear the responsibility for the damage because the accident took place in the school.
The headteacher filed a case against a teacher before the court. He requested the court to order the teacher to pay the amount.
The court dismissed the headteacher’s case. The court ruled that the headteacher should pay the student’s father 14800 Dinars.
The father and the headteacher appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.