Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -LIVE UPDATES

Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear a batch of petitions challenging the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.A batch of 23 petitions is listed before the bench. Some of them are writ petitions filed directly before the Supreme Court seeking the right to wear hijab for Muslim girl students. Some others are special leave petitions which challenge the judgment of the Karnataka High Court dated March 15 which upheld the hijab ban. So far, the bench has heard Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat for the petitioners who argued that the Government Order, banning Hijabs in educational institutions violates students' fundamental rights under Article 19, 21 and 25 of the Constitution.During the course of hearing, the bench has also raised several queries like whether religious clothing can be worn in a government run institution in a secular country. The bench also asked the counsels whether if it is held that freedom of expression includes the freedom to dress, would it also include the freedom to undress?The SLPs has been filed against the judgment dated March 15 passed by the High Court of Karnataka, upholding Government Order dated 05.02.2022, which has effectively prohibited Petitioners, and other such female Muslim students from wearing the headscarf in their Pre-University Colleges. A Full Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice JM Khazi held that wearing of hijab by women was not an essential religious practice of Islam. The Bench further held the prescription of uniform dress code in educational institutions was not violative of the fundamental rights of the petitioners.FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES HERE:

Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -LIVE UPDATES

Justice Hemant Gupta : We have a request. Petitioners side finish by Wednesday and we give two days to the State and finish.

Ejaz Maqbool : And a small window for rejoinder.

J Gupta. : Yes.

Bench assembles.
Hijab matter taken.

Senior Adv Yusuf Mucchala to argue today for petitioners.

A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will commence hearing at 2PM.

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Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -LIVE UPDATES

Justice Hemant Gupta : We have a request. Petitioners side finish by Wednesday and we give two days to the State and finish. Ejaz Maqbool : And a small window for rejoinder. J Gupta. : Yes.

Bench assembles. Hijab matter taken. Senior Adv Yusuf Mucchala to argue today for petitioners.

A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will commence hearing at 2PM.

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Justice Hemant Gupta : We have a request. Petitioners side finish by Wednesday and we give two days to the State and finish.

Ejaz Maqbool : And a small window for rejoinder.

J Gupta. : Yes.

Bench assembles.
Hijab matter taken.

Senior Adv Yusuf Mucchala to argue today for petitioners.