The Gauhati High Court on Thursday dismissed the PIL which sought direction for setting up a dedicated prayer room in the precincts of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati,.
Quashing the government order, the judge noted that the question before the top court is whether "we are making the life of a girl child any better by denying her education, merely because she wears a hijab!"
Interpretive exercises like the Essential Religious Practices doctrine are employed to provide definition, content and meaning to religion, which consequently reduces the scope of religious freedom.