Hijab Ban : No Religious Dress In Colleges During Pendency Of Case, Says Karnataka High Court| LIVE UPDATES [Day 3]

Hegde : Two steps of rules are there now. There is THE KARNATAKA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (CLASSIFICATION, REGULATION AND PRESCRIPTION OF CURRICULA ETC.,) RULES, 1995

Hegde : Uniforms are school phenomenon, for students to be identified if they got lost or ran away from school. When students went to college they stepped out of uniform and uniform in Colleges came much later. 

Hegde continues the arguments: In the 1983 act there is no provisions for uniform. I was in Karnataka in PU College from 1982 and we did not have any uniform. 

Chief Justice : If some observations from here and there are reported, it will create a different impression.

Kamat : We are so grateful to your lordships.

Chief Justice :We will request the media in general, please don't report any observation made by the court during arguments without seeing the order which we will pass ultimately. In social media, newspaper or anywhere else, please don't report unless you go through the order

Hegde : In the Karnataka Education Act, there is no provision for Uniform.

Chief Justice : Do you mean to say that there is no provision for Uniform?

Hegde : After this meeting, the petitioners were not allowed to attend classes and made to sit outside. Seeing no hope petitioners decided to do a protest.

Chief Justice : We have understood the problem.

Hegde: On Dec 30, students approached the District Education Officer, with representation. On Jan 1, 2022, Principal Called a meeting of CDC and the Chairman of the CDC declared that petitioner should not wear headscarf.

Hegde: Since December 2021 the petitioners have faced discrimination in their classes and they were made to stand out of the class and it continues. The petitioners said head scarf is part of their religious and cultural practice.

Hegde : Petitioners are students of Govt PU college and are wearing their regular head scarf over their uniform. Respondents teachers principal insisted that they remove their heads scarf.