The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Government of Odisha why it should not recommend payment of rupees three lakh as monetary relief to the next of kin of a class 10th student, who committed suicide after the published result showed her failed in the Board Exams, which, in fact, she had passed.
The Commission, in the show cause notice issued to the Chief Secretary, has set aside the contention of the State Government that the student committed suicide as she apprehended her poor performance. The Commission observed that she committed suicide on account of negligence of the officials of the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, which had issued a wrong result only to be corrected subsequently. Therefore, the State is vicariously liable.
Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, the State Government admitted that the result, published on the 30th April, 2014, was corrected on the 2nd May, 2014, as there was certain anomaly in the result of third language (Sanskrit/Hindi) for some students. The Commission took cognizance of the matter on the basis of a complaint.