The Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the petition filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging the Constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
The argument that purdah, burqa, or hijab is oppressive practice is not completely false but it does not account for the fundamental rights available to the individuals.
An open letter that was endorsed by more than 700 people says the ban is "not a novel or an isolated incident, but must be acknowledged to be part of the communal polarisation in Karnataka and across the country".
In the hijab ban hearing matter, the Karnataka High Court was told that college development committees headed by MLAs could not decide on issues of public order and fundamental rights.