The bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia have made headline-grabbing remarks in the course of the last nine hearings, the outcome of which will affect thousands of girl students in Karnataka.
During the hearing, the top court asked whether there is any 'authentic figure' on how many students have dropped out from schools in Karnataka due to the ban.
A study published by the People's Union for Civil Liberties said that the hijab ban is widening the social divide among communities, leading to ghettoisation of education, social isolation and fear among Muslim students.
If uniformity suddenly acquired greater importance in the eyes of lawmakers, then orders for the colour of the hijab to be exactly that of the uniform could have been issued.