The Karnataka government has ordered that students studying in schools managed by the minority welfare department, including the Maulana Azad Model English Medium schools in the state, should not wear Hijab in accordance with the high Court order. The matter will again be heard today in the Karnataka High Court. Follow Live Updates here.
Advocate Vinod Kulkarni requested the high court to allow students to wear hijab to schools on Fridays and said the ban on hijab is the same as ban on Quran.
Karnataka hijab row: Girls seek HC permission to wear hijab of colour similar to school uniform - The girls made the plea to the full bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit.