Supreme Court to set up bench to hear petition on Karnataka hijab ban

The lawyer for the state Shariat Committee told the court that exams were slated to begin from March 9, and sought an early listing of the case.

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· Mar 03, 2023 · 01:22 pm

‘Lost a year already’: Karnataka students move SC seeking permission to give exams wearing hijab

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said that he will take a call on listing the case soon.

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· Feb 22, 2023 · 02:16 pm

The hijab debate: Why government interference will only bolster a regressive practice

Narrow-minded attempts by the BJP to ban the Islamic head covering fail to grasp the range of religious-cultural practices and choices at play.

Raheel Dhattiwala

· Oct 19, 2022 · 06:30 am

Bihar: Students protest after being asked to remove hijabs during examination

The college principal claimed that students were only asked to reveal their ears so that an invigilator could check for Bluetooth devices.

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· Oct 17, 2022 · 10:28 am

In Supreme Court hijab judgement, an inversion of Indian secularism

There is discordance in Justice Hemant Gupta’s analysis of the nature of Indian secularism and his decision to uphold the exclusionary rules against the veil.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Oct 17, 2022 · 06:30 am

Rights violation vs reasonable curb: How two Supreme Court judges disagreed on Karnataka’s hijab ban

With this split verdict, the ban on the veil will stay in place.

Umang Poddar

· Oct 14, 2022 · 09:45 am

‘Is right to wear hijab too much to ask in a democracy?’: Top quotes from SC’s split verdict

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia set aside the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on the headscarves, while Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the pleas.

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· Oct 13, 2022 · 06:53 pm

On Karnataka hijab ban, Supreme Court delivers split verdict

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia set aside the state High Court order upholding the ban on the headscarves, while Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the pleas against it.

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· Oct 13, 2022 · 10:43 am

Hijab ban: Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas challenging Karnataka HC order

In March, the High Court had upheld the state government’s ban on wearing hijabs in schools and colleges and held that headscarves were not essential to Islam.

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· Sep 22, 2022 · 02:06 pm

Hijab ban: Allowing religious symbols may help students get acquainted with diversity, says SC

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia made the statement while responding to a teacher who argued schools should be free from all religious elements.

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· Sep 21, 2022 · 10:11 pm

Hijab ban: Karnataka HC should not have gone into question of essential religious practice, says SC

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia noted that the High Court relied on an essay by a History student to hold that hijab was at best a cultural practice.

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· Sep 20, 2022 · 07:23 pm

Hijab ban: Ambedkar’s remarks cited in High Court order are offensive, Muslim petitioners tell SC

The High Court had quoted passages from the social reformer’s book ‘Pakistan or Partition of India’, in which he has described the purdah system as regressive.

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· Sep 16, 2022 · 10:47 am