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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicKarnataka High Court

Topic: Karnataka High Court

FIR filed, suspension reported, in punitive action against students in Karnataka hijab row

FIR filed in state's Tumakuru town believed to be 1st such against any student in the case. And video showing college principal in Shivamogga district 'suspending' protesters goes viral.

State believes in treating everyone equal: Karnataka govt defends hijab order in HC

Karnataka High Court has been hearing multiple petitions challenging govt order passed on 5 February, legitimising ban on hijab wearing inside govt educational institutions.

Karnataka pre-university colleges open amid tight security, burqa-clad students denied entry

Degree colleges also reopened Wednesday but the govt had made it clear that no uniform was required, allowing students the freedom to wear clothes of their choice.

Is hijab a choice? India can’t defend secularism on knife’s edge, like France

The biggest difference between the French and Karnataka versions of 'laicite' is that in France, the public display of all religious symbols is not allowed.

Is each tenet in Quran essential practice, asks HC. ‘Not the issue here’, says hijab petitioner

Karnataka HC asks if all that is stated in Quran is 'inviolable'. Petitioner’s lawyer says court shouldn’t get into ‘larger canvas’ of whether certain parts are essential.

‘No hijab, saffron shawls’ in class ’till further order’ — Full text of Karnataka HC interim order

A bench of the Karnataka High Court also asked the state government to 'reopen educational institutions and allow students to return to classes at the earliest'.

Reform on hijab important but where it’s coming from is more important

Like interpretations of Muskan Khan's viral video, the hijab row too is multi-layered — religion, law and feminism blending together into a political soup.

Karnataka HC might allow reopening of colleges, but bars all ‘religious garments’ for now

Till the matter is pending, ‘students and stakeholders will not insist on wearing any religious garment or head dress’ says 3-judge bench. Petitioners oppose the restraint order.

SC says Karnataka HC needs to hear hijab issue, declines urgent hearing

The apex court said a three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court is hearing the matter Thursday afternoon regarding the dress code that created controversy over wearing hijab.

‘Constitutional questions’: Karnataka HC refers hijab plea to larger bench, no interim order

Single bench of Justice Krishna S. Dixit said larger bench needed due to ‘enormity of questions of importance’, and refused interim relief for students to take their exams.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.