In a letter to CJI, Dr Adish C Aggarwala, Senior Advocate and Chairman of AIBA, has pointed out that the then Chief Justice NV Ramana has erred in constituting the bench New Delhi: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has requested Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit that the... The post appeared first on .

Karnataka government on Thursday said High Court’s order upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state will continue pending a final decision in the Supreme Court, which today pronounced a split verdict on appeals challenging the restriction on girls and women wearing the headscarves in schools and... The post appeared first on .

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 13 (ANI): Karnataka government on Thursday said High Court's order upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state will continue pending a final decision in the Supreme Court, which today pronounced a split verdict on appeals challenging the restriction on girls and women wearing the headscarves in schools and colleges.

The hijab row erupted in January this year when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred six girls wearing the hijab from entering. Following this, the girls sat in protest outside the college over being denied entry. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict Thursday on various... The post appeared first on .

The hijab row erupted in January this year when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred six girls wearing the hijab from entering. Following this, the girls sat in protest outside the college over being denied entry. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict Thursday on various... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list appeals against the Karnataka High Court order upholding the "hijab ban" in educational institutions soon.

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said that exams have nothing to do with Hijab while hearing the mentioning of a plea seeking urgent hearing on a petition challenging the ban on sporting Hijab in educational institutes.

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would list for hearing after Holi break appeals challenging Karnataka High Court's order that dismissed petitions against the ban on Hijab in educational institutions.

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 23 PTI The Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab case on Wednesday sought to know from the state government the role of the Campus Front of India CFI 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 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 Senior counsel S S Naganand representing the Government PU College for Girls its principal and a teacher on Wednesday told the full bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna S Dixit that the hijab row was started by some students owing allegiance to CFI To this the Chief Justice sought to know what the CFI stood for and what its role was The senior counsel said the organisation was coordinating and organising protests in the state It is also a voluntary organisation which is spearheading and drumbeating in favour of students demanding wearing of hijab in class-rooms Another lawyer said the CFI is a radical organisation which is not recognised by the colleges Then Chief Justice Awasthi sought to know whether the state was aware of it to which Naganand said the Intelligence Bureau knows it Then the CJ directed the state government through Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi to find out When Navadgi said there is some information CJ Awasthi wondered how all of a sudden this organisations name has cropped up Naganand told the court that some teachers were threatened by CFI The teachers were afraid of lodging a complaint but now they have filed a complaint with the police he said When Justice Dixit asked when the teachers were threatened Naganand said a couple of days ago Expressing his displeasure Justice Dixit asked the AG that he should have informed the court The AG replied saying that he was not aware of the incident Naganand also said the uniform-related regulation was in force in the girls college since 2004 and had been continuing till now PTI GMS RS GMS HDA HDA