Tag: hijab
Hijab Controversy: Karnataka HC Refers Matter To Larger Bench
Amid continuing tensions over wearing of hijab by a section of students in the state, a single-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court, hearing petitions in the matter, on Wednesday referred the case to a larger bench. ....
Karnataka Hijab Row: Plea Filed In Supreme Court Challenging High Court’s Direction On Religious Dress
A plea was moved in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Karnataka High Court's interim order directing students not to insist on wearing religious attire till the matter is decided. ....
Classes Reopen In Karnataka Amid Tension; HC To Resume Hijab Row Hearing Today
Amid the prevailing tension in connection with the hijab row and the case being heard in the high court, schools reopened on Monday for students of Class 9 and 10 across Karnataka. ....
Hijab Row Not A Controversy, But Conspiracy Against India: BJP
Referring to a plea in the Karnataka High Court to defer hearing on the 'hijab' row till the Assembly polls were over, the BJP has raised questions over the timing of the row and said the row was not a controversy, but a conspiracy against India. ....
Complete Arguments By This Week: Karnataaka HC Directs Counsels On Hijab Row
Giving clear indications of an early verdict in the hijab row, the Karnataka High Court Special bench, constituted to look into the petitions submitted by students demanding their right to wear hijab in classrooms, on Tuesday directed counsels to complete their arguments by this week. ....
We Will See: SC On Plea Challenging Karnataka HC's Verdict On Hijab
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order, which dismissed all petitions seeking direction for permission to wear hijab in classrooms and held that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith. ....
Karnataka: Hijab Row Spills Over To Three More Colleges, More Students Wear Saffron Shawls, Hijabs
Despite the Karnataka government issuing a new circular banning hijab as well as saffron shawls in college campuses, the row continued on Monday as students in different cities of the state came wearing the shawls and hijabs, but and were turned out. ....
Karnataka Hijab Controversy: Will Abide By Court Order, Says Student Who Shouted 'Allah-hu-Akbar'
The burka-clad student Muskaan Khan, who faced the wrath of the crowd raising slogans of "Jai Sri Ram" on a college premises, on Wednesday that she will abide by the court order regarding the wearing of hijab. ....
Karnataka English Lecturer Quits Job Over Alleged Bar On Her Hijab
An English lecturer working as a guest faculty has resigned from her post as she was asked to shun the hijab while teaching in Tumakuru district of Karnataka on Friday. "It is a matter of my self-respect. I can't teach without the hijab," the lecturer Chandini said after quitting. ....
'Clothing Is Individual Choice': Siddaramaiah Says Ban On Hijab To Be Lifted In Karnataka
In a move that may spark major controversy, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced that he has asked for lifting on the ban on hijab for students and pre-university college students in the state as clothing is a matter of individual choice.....
