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Hijab Ban: The listening to was performed over 11 days.
New Delhi:
The Karnataka Excessive Court docket at present dominated that sporting of Hijab shouldn’t be a vital spiritual apply of the Islamic religion. Muslim ladies college students had instructed the courtroom that sporting the hijab was a basic proper assured underneath India’s structure.
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Carrying of Hijab shouldn’t be a vital spiritual apply of the Islamic religion, the Karnataka Excessive Court docket dominated at present. After eleven days of the listening to, the Excessive Court docket had reserved its judgment on February 25.
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Prescription of uniform is an affordable restriction on basic rights underneath Article 25, the courtroom mentioned. Late final month, the Karnataka authorities had contended earlier than the Excessive Court docket that sporting the hijab shouldn’t be a vital spiritual apply of Islam and stopping it doesn’t violate the constitutional assure of non secular freedom.
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No case is made out for invalidating the authorities order of February 5, the courtroom mentioned. On February 5, the Karnataka authorities had banned “garments that have been in opposition to regulation and order” and on February 10 the Excessive Court docket briefly banned all spiritual outfits because it heard petitions difficult the restrictions.
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In a blow to the protesting Muslim college students, the Excessive Court docket dismissed writ petitions filed by them in search of permission to put on Hijab in faculties. The controversy over the hijab erupted in Karnataka late final 12 months as college students at a faculty in Udupi refused to take away headscarves and cease their use regardless of requests from lecturers. 5 college students then went to courtroom.
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Listening to earlier than the total bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi was performed for 11 days.
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