The Supreme Court has assured Muslim girl students affected by the Hijab case that a date will be set soon for a three-judge bench to hear their case.
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Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora, representing the petitioner-girls, raised the matter before the Court on Monday. She highlighted that there were practical exams scheduled for next month that the affected students were slated to appear for. In light of this, Arora argued that interim directions were needed in the matter to ensure the affected girl students may appear in the exams while wearing their hijab.
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The case concerns a ban issued by the Karnataka government on the wearing of hijab by Muslim girl students within the college campus. The petitioner girl students have contended that after a split verdict by the Supreme Court in the matter, the affected students moved to private colleges from government colleges. However, since the exams can be held only in government colleges, directions have to be issued before they would be permitted to appear for the February exams while wearing the hijab.
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The ban had initially been challenged before the Karnataka High Court, which upheld the State’s ban. Following this, the matter reached the Supreme Court. In October last year, a two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court passed a split verdict in the case, with Justice (retired) Hemant Gupta upholding the ban and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia opining that the ban was liable to be struck down.
