Bhushan : Over the years, it has acquired a religious identity, and that is protected under Article 25. It may not be prescribed as an essential practice by Quran. But if it is a bona fide practice followed by several women, then it cannot be proscribed.

Bhushan : The religious practice can be proscribed only if it is against the grounds of public order, health or morality and these three rights are absent in the case of hijab.

Bhushan concludes.