Supreme Court to contemplate organising three-judge bench to listen to Karnataka Hijab ban row

By PTI

The Supreme Court on Monday stated it is going to contemplate organising a three-judge bench to adjudicate the case associated to sporting of the Islamic head overlaying in Karnataka colleges following its break up verdict.

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took be aware of the submissions of senior advocate Meenakshi Arora that an interim order was wanted protecting in thoughts the sensible examinations, scheduled for some courses from February 6 within the state.

“This is the headscarf matter. The girls have practical examinations from February 6, 2023 and this matter needs to be listed for interim directions so that they can appear. The practical examinations will be held in government schools,” the senior lawyer stated, showing for some college students.

“I will examine it. This is a three judge bench matter. We will allot a date,” the CJI stated.

A two choose bench of the apex courtroom had on October 13, final yr delivered opposing verdicts within the hijab controversy, and urged the Chief Justice to represent an acceptable bench to adjudicate the case that stemmed from a ban on sporting of Islamic head overlaying in Karnataka colleges.

While Justice Hemant Gupta, since retired, had dismissed the appeals difficult the March 15 judgement of the Karnataka High Court which had refused to raise the ban, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia held there will probably be no restriction on the sporting of hijab wherever within the colleges and schools of the state.

Permitting a neighborhood to put on its spiritual symbols to colleges will probably be an “antithesis to secularism,” Justice Gupta had stated, whereas Justice Dhulia insisted that sporting the Muslim scarf ought to merely be a “matter of choice”.

With the apex courtroom delivering a break up verdict, the excessive courtroom’s judgement nonetheless holds the sector.

However, the break up verdict held off a everlasting decision of the row over hijab as each judges urged inserting the matter earlier than a bigger bench for adjudication.

On March 15, the excessive courtroom dismissed the petitions filed by a piece of Muslim college students of the Government Pre-University Girls College in Karnataka’s Udupi in search of permission to put on the hijab inside lecture rooms, ruling it isn’t part of the important spiritual apply in Islamic religion.

Several appeals had been filed within the apex courtroom towards the decision.

The Supreme Court on Monday stated it is going to contemplate organising a three-judge bench to adjudicate the case associated to sporting of the Islamic head overlaying in Karnataka colleges following its break up verdict.

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took be aware of the submissions of senior advocate Meenakshi Arora that an interim order was wanted protecting in thoughts the sensible examinations, scheduled for some courses from February 6 within the state.

“This is the headscarf matter. The girls have practical examinations from February 6, 2023 and this matter needs to be listed for interim directions so that they can appear. The practical examinations will be held in government schools,” the senior lawyer stated, showing for some college students.

“I will examine it. This is a three judge bench matter. We will allot a date,” the CJI stated.

A two choose bench of the apex courtroom had on October 13, final yr delivered opposing verdicts within the hijab controversy, and urged the Chief Justice to represent an acceptable bench to adjudicate the case that stemmed from a ban on sporting of Islamic head overlaying in Karnataka colleges.

While Justice Hemant Gupta, since retired, had dismissed the appeals difficult the March 15 judgement of the Karnataka High Court which had refused to raise the ban, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia held there will probably be no restriction on the sporting of hijab wherever within the colleges and schools of the state.

Permitting a neighborhood to put on its spiritual symbols to colleges will probably be an “antithesis to secularism,” Justice Gupta had stated, whereas Justice Dhulia insisted that sporting the Muslim scarf ought to merely be a “matter of choice”.

With the apex courtroom delivering a break up verdict, the excessive courtroom’s judgement nonetheless holds the sector.

However, the break up verdict held off a everlasting decision of the row over hijab as each judges urged inserting the matter earlier than a bigger bench for adjudication.

On March 15, the excessive courtroom dismissed the petitions filed by a piece of Muslim college students of the Government Pre-University Girls College in Karnataka’s Udupi in search of permission to put on the hijab inside lecture rooms, ruling it isn’t part of the important spiritual apply in Islamic religion.

Several appeals had been filed within the apex courtroom towards the decision.