Advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for Muslim students of Kundapura college, drew comparisons between the hijab case and judgments made by courts in Turkey, South Africa and the US with respect to religion and religious symbols.
Karnataka government is likely to bring new guidelines on hijab in schools based on high court proposal till the matter is with the court. New guidelines will allow students to enter schools and then remove hijab instead of forcing them to do it outside the school gate. Here are the top points.
The petitioners in the Karnataka hijab case argued that the government order giving colleges the right to decide whether to allow hijabs in campuses is 'totally illegal' as college committees do not have any legal basis.
Karnataka hijab news: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said that the Karnataka High Court must hear the hijab case when senior lawyer Kapil Sibal appealed to the court to transfer the case to itself as it is a religious matter.
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi constituted a full bench comprising himself, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Jaibunnisa M Khazi on Wednesday, in view of the urgency to hear the matter.