Bengaluru Feb 22 PTI The Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab case on Wednesday said the uniform prescribed by the schools and colleges should be followed till the disposal of the case We are making it very clear that whether a degree college or a PU College if a uniform has been prescribed that has to be followed so long as the matter is pending before the court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi told advocate Mohammed Tahir who is the counsel for one of the petitioners seeking permission to wear hijab in the classrooms The court also made it clear that the interim order related to hijab was confined to students only when a lawyer appearing on behalf of petitioners from Udupi pointed out that the teachers were also asked to remove their headscarf Tahir urged the bench for clarity on its interim order saying that every institution was pushing students outside the college citing the court order The full bench comprising Chief Justice Awasthi Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna S Dixit is hearing the hijab case on a day-to-day basis and made it clear to wind it up by this weekend On January one six girl students of a college in Udupi attended a press conference held by the CFI in the coastal town protesting against the college authorities denying them entry into classrooms wearing hijab This was four days after they requested the principal permission to wear hijab in classes which was not allowed Till then students used to wear the headscarf to the campus but entered the classroom after removing it college principal Rudre Gowda had said The institution did not have any rule on hijab-wearing as such since no one used to wear it to the classroom in the last 35 years The students who came with the demand had the backing of outside forces Gowda had said PTI GMS RS GMS HDA HDA

Bengaluru Feb 18 PTI The full bench of the Karnataka High Court hearing the case related to hijab row in educational institutions on Friday declined a plea to restrain live streaming of proceedings As soon as the proceedings began senior advocate Prof Ravi Varma Kumar representing Muslim girls questioning the ban on wearing hijab in classrooms claimed that live streaming was causing a lot of unrest in the society as the observations were taken out of context According to him the live streaming has become counterproductive and children were put to hardship However Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said Let the people understand what is the stand of the respondents also As a few more fresh petitions were filed Justice Awasthi requested the petitioners that the counsels for the fresh petitions can take only 10 minutes so that respondents can also be heard The full bench of the High Court comprises Justice Awasthi Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit The High Court in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row last week restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls scarves hijab and any religious flag within the classroom PTI GMS RS GMS HDA HDA