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KARNATAKA HIJAB CASE
Asking girls to take off hijab invasion of privacy, attack on dignity: Justice DhuliaJustice Dhulia said: "By asking the girls to take off their hijab before they enter the school gates, is first an invasion of their privacy...
Hijab ban to continue in Karnataka schools and colleges till SC verdict: Education Minister"The Karnataka High Court order will remain valid. Hence, in all our schools and colleges Karnataka education act and rule, there will be n...
SC issues notice to Karnataka on pleas against HC order refusing to lift ban on hijabThe bench pulled up some of the petitioners, who sought adjournment in the matter, and said it would not permit "this kind of forum shoppin...
SC agrees to list pleas against hijab ban in educational institutionsOne of the appeals in the top court has alleged "step-motherly behaviour of government authorities which has prevented students from practi...
Hijab verdict: Anti-national forces cannot be tolerated, says CM Basavaraj Bommai after three judges receive threatsHis remarks came after the chief minister informed that death threats against three judges of the Karnataka High court have been received f...
SC rejects plea for immediate hearing in Karnataka hijab caseA three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana rejected a plea for an immediate hearing sought by some Karnataka students agai...
Hijab row: Plea moved in Supreme Court challenging Karnataka HC orderThe plea has been moved against Karnataka HC's order dismissing various pleas challenging the ban on Hijab in educational institutes.
Hijab row: Karnataka HC upholds hijab ban, rules curbs are Constitutionally permissibleThe high court has ruled that the hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam. Further, the high court has also declared that edu...
Karnataka: Hearing in hijab case concludedOn Friday it asked contending parties to make written submissions if they had more arguments. The petitioners had moved the court after the...
Hijab row: Wish to finish hearing the case this week, says Karnataka HCThe full bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit is hearing a batch of petitions by the girl...
Hijab not an essential religious practice, reiterates Karnataka govt in HC"This is our stand that Hijab is not an essential religious practice. There was a statement by Dr B R Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly ...
Karnataka hijab row: FIRs lodged against students in TumakuruThe Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with the Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohi...
Hijab row: Schools in Karnataka reopen amid more controversiesIn Shivamogga, 13 girls refused to write an examination paper at a government school after they were told that they were not allowed to wea...
Hijab row: Higher education universities and colleges to remain closed till February 16Earlier in the day, both Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh and Home Minister Araga Jnanendra had indicated that a decisio...
'Let High Court decide first,' says Supreme Court on plea seeking transfer of Hijab row casesSenior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, submitting it deals with what is happe...
Wearing hijab essential part of Islam? Karnataka HC to resume hearing todaySenior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the students, prayed for an interim order in the court of Justice Krishna S Dixit.
Don't get spooked by our own culturesIndia is not, say, France, where not only is the idea of secularism based on the constitutional principle of 'laicite' by which all religio...