Karnataka High Court to listen to Muslim pupil’s plea towards Hijab ban in school

In a current improvement within the Udupi school hijab controversy, the Karnataka High Court agreed to listen to a plea arguing that Muslim girls carrying hijab needs to be permitted to attend lessons. A Muslim pupil has filed a plea within the Karnataka High Court, asking for a course to permit carrying a hijab in school, stating that it’s her “Fundamental Right” granted beneath Article 14 and 25 of the Indian Constitution and “integral practise of Islam”.
Karnataka hijab row grows, excessive court docket to listen to pleas https://t.co/FxEXdDWr0Z pic.twitter.com/FbxkBJFsVX— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) February 4, 2022
The disciplinary motion taken by the Government-run Pre-University (PU) Institution for Girls in Udupi district, which has refused her entry into the school on the only real foundation of carrying a hijab, has offended the Muslim woman pupil. The Karnataka High Court will hear the writ petition filed by the Muslim woman on February 8.
The transfer comes because the Hijab controversy in a university in Udupi, Karnataka, reveals no indicators of stopping. The controversy started earlier in January when a number of Muslim college students have been denied entry to lessons as a result of they wore hijab. Because the females refused to take away their Hijabs when requested by the opposite college students, a number of boys selected to come back to campus carrying saffron scarves. All of them have been denied entry as a result of their apparel was totally different from the common uniform allowed within the establishment.
Following the uproar, Kundapur MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty and the college administration met with Muslim dad and mom, however the issue couldn’t be addressed for the reason that dad and mom refused to permit their kids to attend the school with out carrying the hijab. The dad and mom said that Muslim women have the best to put on hijab in school.
In movies shared by media portals earlier, Muslim ‘students’ lined in full-body black burqa have been seen arguing with the school authorities towards the hijab ban. On February 4, a bunch of scholars carrying hijabs have been seen arguing with some staffers from the school, asking to permit them inside.
BC Nagesh, the state’s schooling minister, has backed school authorities who say each saffron scarves and headscarves needs to be banned on campuses. He additionally said that this challenge has come up lately and nothing of this kind occurred earlier. “They were not wearing the hijab earlier & this problem started only 20 days ago,” State Education Minister BC Nagesh reportedly stated.
#WATCH | Students carrying hijab denied entry to Govt PU College in Kundapur space of Udupi, Karnataka amid a row on carrying the scarf in school rooms“They were not wearing the hijab earlier & this problem started only 20 days ago,” State Education Minister BC Nagesh has stated. pic.twitter.com/3pT418rb0y— ANI (@ANI) February 4, 2022
The challenge has been simmering since early January, prompting the state to convene a committee to analyze the state of affairs and decide on pre-university school uniforms throughout the state. In accordance with the brand new state requirements, administration has requested that feminine college students chorus from carrying hijab whereas attending school and put on the prescribed school uniform.