Tag: Hijab Controversy

Justice Dhulia had dissented in connection with Karnataka High Court order, which allowed Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru's Chamarajpet. The matter was referred to a 3-Judge following "difference of opinion" between the two-judge comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Dhulia.

Supreme Court judge Justice Hemant Gupta, in a divided verdict, on Thursday dismissed appeals challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment which upheld the state government's February 5 order, prohibiting wearing of hijab inside classrooms in pre-university colleges.

Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, in the split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban, on Thursday said by asking girls to take off their hijab before they enter school gates is an invasion of privacy, attack on dignity, and denial of secular education.

During the hearing, the petitioners contended that the high court had wrongly relied upon essential religious practice test for the purpose.

The coastal region of the state is considered to be communally sensitive and bastion of BJP. The region is prone to communal tensions and clashes. The hijab crisis which snowballed into an international issue started from here.

The students from Mangaluru's University College boycotted classes in protest against allowing Muslim girls to wear hijab in class.

Hijab Row: Here’s What Union Minister Giriraj Singh Said

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