The Karnataka High Court on March 15 dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim girl students of the Government Pre-University Girls’ College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear the hijab inside classrooms.
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released in the country throughout the year hijab controversy matter of now Supreme Court I am in and the bench of two judges has now sent the matter to the larger bench for hearing. Hijab case started from a small town in Karnataka and now in view of this controversy Karnataka Waqf Board Has announced that it is going to open 10 colleges for women in view of the increasing demand of Muslims.
Karnataka Waqf Board says that women studying in these 10 colleges will be allowed to wear hijab in the class room. These colleges will be opened in many cities of Karnataka. Apart from Mangaluru, colleges will open in Shivamogga, Hassan and Kodagu. The Waqf Board itself will raise funds for these colleges.
Demand for women’s colleges is increasing: Waqf Board
Waqf Board Chairman Maulana Shafi Saadi said about the opening of the college after the controversy over wearing hijab, that ever since the hijab controversy started in the state, the demand for women’s colleges among the Muslim community has been increasing. And in such a situation, we are going to open a college where women will be allowed to enter the class room with hijab.
Earlier on October 13, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court gave a split verdict on the appeal against the Karnataka High Court verdict in the Hijab controversy and recommended the Chief Justice to constitute a larger bench to decide the matter. While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the petitions filed against the High Court’s March 15 decision, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them and said that wearing hijab should not be banned anywhere in Karnataka’s schools and colleges.
SC split verdict on 26 petitions
Justice Hemant Gupta had said in his judgment that allowing a community to wear its religious symbols in schools would be ‘against secularism’, but Justice Dhulia insisted that wearing the hijab should only be a ‘matter of choice’. Earlier, the Karnataka High Court had refused to lift the ban, saying that wearing the hijab was not part of an essential religious practice in Islam.
Despite the fragmented decision of the top court of the country, the decision of the High Court will still be applicable. However, with the fractured verdict, a permanent solution to the hijab controversy has been put on hold for the time being, as both the judges suggested referring the matter to a larger bench to determine the legal aspects.
In his 140-page judgement, Justice Gupta said, “State-run schools are open to enroll students of any religion, caste, language.” While Justice Dhulia, writing a separate 73-page judgment, said, “Asking girls to remove their hijab before entering the school gate is first an invasion of their privacy, then it is an attack on their dignity, and finally it For them, secular education is to be denied.”
On March 15, the HC gave its verdict
Justice Gupta, who is heading the bench, said at the outset, “There are different views in this matter”, while giving the verdict on 26 petitions. He said that he has framed 11 questions in his judgment and their answers are against the petitioners. This list includes questions related to the scope and scope of the right to religious freedom and the right to compulsory religious practices.
The Karnataka High Court had on March 15 this year dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim girl students of the Government Pre-University Girls’ College in Udupi to be allowed to wear the hijab inside the classrooms. The High Court had said that wearing hijab is not a part of compulsory religious practice in Islam. Then after a 10-day debate in the Supreme Court, the apex court had reserved the decision in this matter on 22 September.
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