Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing (Day 11)- LIVE UPDATES
CJ : Are the visuals showing that students are being chased?
Balakrishnana: This is a case of child abuse. In Tumkarau a child was chased by a policemen.
CJ : What is your grievance?
Balakrishna : A girl is walking hardly 14 to 15 years is chased by media persons. A teacher was chased. Is that the order passed by the court. It applies only to the classrooms.
CJ : What is the material to show this?
Balakrishna : I have produced the CD with 65B certificate
Balakrishana: I can wear burqa or hijab till the gate of the college, I can enter the college, mover around, in the college, lordships order is confined to classroom. But in reality in all colleges, the visuals I have produced.
Adv Balakrishna now makes submissions in PIL seeking to restrain media from taking videos and pictures of girls removing hijab at college gates. He points out students in PU College are minors.
Kulkarni prays for an interim order allowing students to wear hijab at least on Fridays and during Ramzan.
CJ : We are in the midst of final hearing, no question of interim order, we will pass final order.
Kulkarni : A highly inflammable of atom bomb of hatred is in the society a simple spark by vested interests...
AG interrupts.
Kulkarni: As per Holy quran, hijab is practised since years.
Kulkarni : Constitution of Turkey or any other countries need not be imbibed. Our Constitution is supreme, it is the Bhagavad Gita, Holy Quran, Holy Bible, Holy Guru Grant Sahib.
Dr Vinod Kulkarni now makes submissions in his PIL.
"By not wearing hijab, public disorder is seen in our state, riots are seen, recent murder in Shivamogga. Wearing of hijab is not against public order".
Kumar : Giving control to the MLA is an anachronism. MLA should be made accountable to somebody. This has been hijacked by the Govt circular. That is the crux of this.
Kumar concludes.