Hijab Row: Karnataka HC says it wishes to finish the hearing by this week

The Karnataka government today told the High Court that there is no restriction on wearing Hijab in India with reasonable restrictions subject to institutional discipline.

Hijab Row: Karnataka HC says it wishes to finish the hearing by this week

Karnataka High Court has said that it wishes to dispose of the Hijab related case by this week and sought the cooperation of all the parties involved. As the proceedings began, the lawyer appearing for the petitioner girls requested the full bench of the Karnataka High Court for some relaxation to the Muslim girls who wish to appear in the schools and colleges with Hijab.

They had moved the court against the hijab ban. The full bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi, and Justice Krishna M Dixit is hearing a batch of petitions by the girls seeking permission to wear Hijab inside the classroom. The Chief Justice said, "We want to finish this case this week itself. Make all the endeavours to finish this case by the end of this week."

The Karnataka government today told the High Court that there is no restriction on wearing Hijab in India with reasonable restrictions subject to institutional discipline. Countering the petitioner Muslim girls from Udupi district, who challenged the restriction on Hijab inside the educational institutions, Karnataka Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi said the right to wear the headscarf falls under the category of 19(1)(A) and not Article 25 as has been argued by the petitioners.

The protests in Karnataka began in January this year when some students of Government Girls PU college in the Udupi district claimed that they were denied entry into the college for wearing hijab. The pre-university education board had released a circular stating that students can wear only the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious practices will be allowed in colleges.

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