Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia wrote separate divergent opinions on the hijab ban, but both did not elaborate on whether hijab wearing is an essential religious practice in Islam.
Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia says asking a girl to take off hijab at school gate an invasion of her privacy & dignity. Essential religious practice test not applicable here, he adds.
The judgement came on a batch of petitions challenging Karnataka HC verdict dismissing pleas filed by Muslim girls in pre-university colleges, seeking right to wear hijab in classrooms.
With Supreme Court set to deliver its verdict on the constitutional validity of the hijab ban in Karnataka educational institutions Thursday, a look back at arguments made in the case.
While petitions against Karnataka’s hijab ban are an opportunity to define student rights, those against Place of Worship Act can be a platform to ensure a robust law-making procedure in India.
In a highly polarised time, cornered minorities tend to lean back and protect the roots and fundamentals of what is so dear to them. Politically, it can often be a bad trap.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was arguing Karnataka govt’s stand that hijab ban in pre-university colleges in state wasn't unconstitutional & didn't violate right to speech or privacy.
Senior advocate tells SC that ban has led to Muslim girls dropping out of school. Bench says matter of dropout rate among Muslim girl students should've been placed before Karnataka HC.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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