SC partly stays Mumbai college's order banning hijab, burqa inside college campusThe Supreme Court partially stayed a Mumbai college's ban on 'hijab, burqa, cap, and naqab,' requesting a response from the educational soc...
09 Aug, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah under pressure to issue formal order revoking hijab banThe CM had on Friday sent shockwaves across the state, announcing that his government would be lifting the ban on hijab in colleges that BJ...
26 Dec, 2023, 12.15 PM IST
Karnataka to reverse BJP regime's Hijab ban: SiddaramaiahThe hijab row began when six pre-university college (PUC) girls attempted to attend an examination in their college in Udupi while wearing ...
23 Dec, 2023, 03.25 PM IST
Lifting hijab ban in Karnataka raises concern about 'secular nature' of educational spaces, says BJPThe BJP opposed the Karnataka government's decision to revoke the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions within the state. Additi...
23 Dec, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
Karnataka government all set to overturn hijab banWhile campaigning for the May 10 Assembly polls, the Congress Congress, especially Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, had vehemently st...
24 May, 2023, 03.21 PM IST
Karnataka Hijab ban row: SC to consider setting up 3-judge benchA bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took note of the submissions of senior ad...
23 Jan, 2023, 11.47 PM IST
Activists and AIMPLB seek speedy decision on hijab banLast month, advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of girls challenging the HC verdict had told the court that...
14 Oct, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
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...
13 Oct, 2022, 09.39 PM IST
Expected unanimous decision from SC on hijab issue, say Asaduddin OwaisiWhile Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals challenging the March 15 judgment of the Karnataka High Court, which had refused to lift t...
13 Oct, 2022, 08.34 PM IST
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Many may sing hosannas about a film, wanting it to be 'must-watch', while another bunch may want it boycotted, even banned. Food habits als...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.20 PM IST
Even in countries like Iran, women are fighting against hijab: Karnataka government to SCSolicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia that the purpose of uniform, is for e...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
- Karnataka Hijab ban: SC asks about authentic figure on dropout of students
"Do you have those authentic figures that because of this Hijab ban and the subsequent judgement of the high court, 20, 30, 40 or 50 studen...
14 Sep, 2022, 07.48 PM IST
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...
26 Apr, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Hijab ban in classroom; SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC verdict after Holi vacation“The urgency is that there are many girls who have to appear in examinations,” the senior lawyer told the bench which also comprised Justic...
16 Mar, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Fresh protests in Chennai after Hijab verdict, social media turns divided houseNevertheless, there was few instances of Muslim women being barred entry anywhere for wearing the garment. On polling day of the urban loca...
16 Mar, 2022, 09.42 AM IST
Hijab ban in schools is creating hysteria, psychiatrist tells High CourtNeuro-psychiatrist Vinod G Kulkarni pleaded that the court permit girls to wear hijab with the uniform as it was 'not against public order ...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
No proposal to ban hijab in MP: govt; school education minister backtracks on 'dress code' remarkThe BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday said that no proposal to ban 'hijab' in educational institutions in the state is under it...
09 Feb, 2022, 03.19 PM IST