Karnataka Hijab Ban- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY-1 -LIVE UPDATES

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5 Sept 2022 12:25 PM IST

  • Karnataka Hijab Ban- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY-1 -LIVE UPDATES

    A 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 was 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...

    A 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 was 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. In the last hearing of the matter, the petitioners had sought request of adjournment of the matter for two weeks. However, the cout orally observed that it would not permit "forum shopping" and issued notice to the State of Karnataka and proceeded to post the matter on September 5, 2022.

    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.

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    • 5 Sept 2022 3:08 PM IST

      Hegde : Even under the Rules, Rule 11, uniform prescribed must be in consonance with the mandate of Section 39(c).

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:08 PM IST

      Hegde : Govt order cannot be issued under a rule making power and it goes against substantive provisions of Section 7 and 39(b) and (c) of the Act.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:06 PM IST

      Hegde : The Govt Order says you can't wear a uniform showing your religion. It creates a substantial disadvantage to Muslim women.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:05 PM IST

      Hegde : The govt prescribe curricula cannot include power to prescribe uniform.

      Justice Dhulia : Strictly speaking curriculum won't include uniform.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:04 PM IST

      Hegde : And any uniform prescribed can't be changed for 5 years.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:04 PM IST

      Hegde : If you have to change the uniform, you have to give at least one year notice?

      Justice Gupta : So if you have to change from salwar kameez to trousers, then you have to give notice?

      Hegde : Yes, because schools used to make money.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:02 PM IST

      Hegde refers to a rule which says that educational institution may prescribe notice.

      Also refers to a rule which says uniform must be informed to parents at least one year in advance.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:01 PM IST

      Hegde : These rules are largely relating to school education and these events have taken place at Pre University Colleges at 10+2 stage.

    • 5 Sept 2022 3:00 PM IST

      Hegde refers to rule making power and says dress is not among the category of subjects on which govt can make rules.

    • 5 Sept 2022 2:58 PM IST

      Hegde refers to Section 133 of the Act. Powers of State to give direction are subject to other provisions of the Act and the rule making power

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