Three-judge Bench of Karnataka High Court to hear hijab petitions
The Hindu
‘Questions of seminal importance’
A three-judge Bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear on Thursday the petitions questioning the ban on wearing of hijabs by students in colleges.
On Wednesday, Justice Krishna S. Dixit, who was hearing the case, referred the petitions to a larger Bench while asking the Registry to place the petitions before the Chief Justice for constituting such a Bench in view of the urgency of the matter.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.