Supreme Court To Take Up Hijab Ban Case After Holi Vacations
NDTV
The hijab is not an essential religious practice, the Karnataka High Court said yesterday upholding the ban on hijab in classrooms.
Five Karnataka students approached the Supreme Court today after the High Court turned down their request seeking permission to wear the hijab in educational institutions. The hijab is not an essential religious practice, the Karnataka High Court said yesterday upholding the ban on hijab in classrooms.
Soon after the verdict, the order was challenged in the Supreme Court by Niba Naaz, a student who was not among the five who had originally petitioned against the hijab ban.
The lawyer of the five original petitioners will appeal before the Chief Justice of India today and demand an early hearing in the case.
The Hijab row had erupted in January this year when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred six girls wearing the hijab from entering. Following this, the girls sat in protest outside the college over being denied entry.
