The judgment was reserved on the petitions filed by Muslim girl students challenging the action of a government PU college in denying them entry for wearing a hijab.
The Karnataka High Court on Friday concluded hearing all the parties concerned and reserved its judgment in the hijab case after 11 days of back-to-back hearing.
The judgment was reserved on the petitions filed by Muslim girl students challenging the action of a government PU college in denying them entry for wearing a hijab (headscarf) and seeking protection of their right to wear hijabs in educational institutions.
The hearing had been taking place since 11 days before the full bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi.
The advocate general in the process of the 11-day-long hearing argued in the court that there is no ban on hijab as the government order banning all religious clothing in educational institutions. The government has also submitted a report on the progress of investigation in the complaint registered against Campus Front of India (CFI) in a sealed cover.
As the court was hearing the case, confusion was created by several interpretations of the government order banning all religious clothes from educational institutes. According to reports, a Sikh girl was asked to remove her turban in a private minority institution, though the government has clarified that it is not interfering with the uniforms in the private-run minority institutions.
On Tuesday, the Karnataka government had told the court that there is no restriction on wearing hijab with reasonable restrictions “subject to institutional discipline” and dismissed the charge that a denial of wearing hijab was a violation of Article 15 of the Constitution.