Karnataka Hijab Row: Women’s Groups Urge Supreme Court To Issue Stay On High Court Verdict
Yesterday, the Karnataka High Court pronounced the final verdict in the hijab ban case. The Court upheld the ban and declared that educational institutions can prescribe uniforms and stated that the hijab is not an essential part of the religion. After the judgment, many people expressed their disagreement with the judgment and called it disappointing. Muslim students in Karnataka started protesting against the verdict by boycotting classes and examinations. And recently, many women’s groups came forward and urged Supreme Court to issue a stay on the hijab ban verdict.
On March 15, 2022, the Karnataka High Court delivered the verdict upholding the hijab ban in educational institutions. The court dismissed the petition filed by the Muslim students seeking permission to wear hijabs and burqas in schools and colleges. The petitioners have now moved to Supreme Court. According to the reports, the women’s wing of the CPM – the All India Democratic Women’s Association, Saheli Women’s Resource Centre, National Federation of Indian Women, Forum Against Oppression of Women, and other women’s groups released a joint statement. They urged Supreme Court to issue a stay on Karnataka High Court’s verdict over the hijab ban as it is discriminatory according to them.
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In the joint statement, they mentioned that the hijab ban caused a lot of problems for Muslim teachers and students. They were asked to remove their hijabs and burqas before entering school and colleges, “So as to protect hijab-wearing Muslim girls and women from any further such grievous instances of discrimination, exclusion, publicly humiliation, and harassment, we appeal to the Supreme Court to lose no time in issuing a stay on the Karnataka HC order.”
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Meanwhile, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), talked about the judgement and said that they agree with High Court’s decision because the hijab is not an essential practice in Islam. They also added that Muslim students who want to wear hijab, burqas must not be barred from attending schools and colleges.
Karnataka High Court Upholds Hijab Ban, Says It’s Not A Violation Of The Rights Of The Students
