The Karnataka HC today said that prescription of school uniform is only a reasonable restriction, constitutionally permissible which the students cannot object to.
Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh has hailed High Court's verdict on hijab ban. The court has now resolved a big issue, the minister said.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed all petitions challenging the ban imposed by the government on wearing Hijab in schools and colleges. The HC declared that educational institutions have a right to prescribe uniforms and held that the Karnataka government's order dated February 5 is not unconstitutional.
Dismissing all writ petitions by girl or women students, the court declared that educational institutions have a right to prescribe uniforms.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed petitions filed by Muslim girls seeking permission to wear hijab in classroom.
Hearing on the ongoing Hijab controversy has been scheduled in Karnataka High Court today. Ahead of the same, Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru and other cities in the state.
Bengaluru commissioner of Police Kamal Pant said that all types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bengaluru for one week from March 15 to March 2.
The case seeking permission to allow Muslim girls to attend classes in schools and pre-university colleges where there is a prescribed school uniform had led to tension on the campuses of educational institutions in the state.
A student, studying in B.Sc final year, said that the college authorities had first asked her to remove the burqa which she was wearing while entering the campus and later they asked her to remove the hijab, too.
The college authorities are saying that they are seeking a legal opinion on the issue. The university authorities have received a memorandum and promised the agitating students of suitable action on the student.
The Karnataka government had ordered the closure of schools and colleges in the state following the death of Harsha.
A meeting of the Working Committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Arshad Madani faction) was held at the organisation's central office here under the chairmanship of Maulana Arshad Madani during which important social and contemporary issues were discussed in detail, a statement issued by the Jamiat said.
Parents of college students who were asked to remove hijab by the authorities have demanded that the order of the High Court must be implemented equally to all students.
As soon as the court proceedings began, a lawyer appearing for the petitioner girls requested the bench for some relaxation to the Muslim girls who wish to appear in the schools and colleges with Hijab.
The row over hijab has been raging for over a month now. The controversy flared up when six students of a state government-run pre-university college in Udupi, who were wearing the hijab, were asked to leave the campus last month. The matter then snowballed into a major issue.
While the hijab controversy refuses to die down, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has triggered a new row, saying no one can stop him from wearing a (skull) cap or keeping beard. In a video tweeted by Owaisi, the Hyderabad MP is heard saying,"...my daughter will wear hijab."
According to the AG, only the essential religious practice gets protection under Article 25, which guarantees the citizens to practice the faith of their choice.
The girl recorded the incident and shared it on social media on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday when the girl had gone to the UCO bank of Mansoor Chowk branch in Begusarai to withdraw money.
Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, the Karnataka government on Friday submitted before the Karnataka High Court that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of the Muslim faith and preventing it does not violate the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
An argument ensued over a woman voter wearing a 'Hijab', and polling officials said she was identified on the basis of her voter card (EPIC) and her face was not covered.
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