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Karnataka High Court said on Tuesday that it upheld the government’s decision on the ban on wearinghijab in educational institutions. - The court further said that Hijab is not a part of the essential religious practices of Islam.
- No case is made out for invalidating the government order of February 5, said the Karnataka
High Court .
The court further said that Hijab is not a part of the essential religious practices of Islam and the requirement of uniform is a reasonable restriction on the fundamental right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a).
“No case is made out for invalidating the government order of February 5,” said Karnataka High Court.
The verdict came after 11 days of the hearing, which started on February 25 by a three-judge bench — Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, and Justices Krishna S Dixit and J M Khazi.
On the first day of hearing on the hijab row case, the High Court had passed an interim order which directed the students not to wear hijab, saffron shawls (bhagwa).
Muslim girl students from various colleges had approached the High Court after they were stopped to attend the classes due to wearing a hijab. The Muslim girls filed several petitions in the High Court challenging the ban on wearing a hijab on the grounds of freedom of conscience and the right to religion.
The petitioners had also filed an appeal before the
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