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'Exams have nothing to do with hijab': Supreme Court asks petitioner not to sensationalise

India | Mar 24, 2022, 12:46 PM IST

Karnataka High Court had earlier dismissed the petitions filed by a section of Muslim students seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom.

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In significant order, Karnataka HC says man can't escape trial for rape of wife

India | Mar 23, 2022, 11:58 PM IST

The age-old regressive thought that the husbands are the rulers of their wives, their body, mind and soul should be effaced, a single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said while refusing to drop the charge of rape against the petitioner who had allegedly sexually assaulted his wife.

Y-category security for Karnataka HC judges who gave Hijab verdict

India | Mar 20, 2022, 02:36 PM IST

Karnataka government's decision comes in the wake of death threats to the judges from certain quarters in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

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Hijab Controversy: Death threats to Karnataka judges over hijab verdict; 2 arrested

India | Mar 20, 2022, 08:54 AM IST

Two people were arrested in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classrooms.

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OPINION | Hijab: What Karnataka HC said about ‘unseen hands’ trying to spread unrest

India | Mar 16, 2022, 01:02 PM IST

The bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice Jaibunnisa Mohiuddin Khazi in its 129-page order, rejected the plea that ban on wearing of hijab by Muslim girls in educational institutions violates rights guaranteed under Article 14, 15, 19, 21 & 25 of the Constitution.

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Day after Karnataka HC's verdict on Hijab ban, schools, colleges reopen in Udupi

India | Mar 16, 2022, 10:49 AM IST

The court maintained that the government has the power to issue impugned government order dated February 5, 2022, and no case is made out for its invalidation.

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India will run according to constitution and laws: Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka HC hijab verdict

India | Mar 15, 2022, 06:35 PM IST

In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Ravi Shankar Prasad welcomed Karnataka High Court's verdict on hijab row saying right to choice is subject to reasonable restriction.

Muqabla | No material placed on record to show hijab is essential religious practice: Karnataka High Court

News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:43 PM IST

The Karnataka High Court, which dismissed the batch of petitions by some Muslim girl students from Udupi seeking permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms, said there was no material placed on record to prima facie show that wearing the headscarf was an essential religious practice.

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Karnataka High Court's verdict on hijab ban challenged in Supreme Court

India | Mar 15, 2022, 07:28 PM IST

A plea has been moved in Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court verdict dismissing various pleas challenging the ban on hijab in educational institutions.

EXCLUSIVE | Will empower daughters of India, says Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka HC's hijab verdict

News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:11 PM IST

Former Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has hailed the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold ban on hijab in educational institutions. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Prasad said the court's decision will be remembered for long as one which empowered the daughters of India.

Hijab not part of essential Islamic religious practice: Karnataka High Court

News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:20 PM IST

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said Hijab was not part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith and effectively upheld the ban against the headscarf in educational institutions in the state by dismissing pleas from Muslim girls seeking nod to wear it in classrooms.

'Hijab mentioned 7 times in Quran, but...': Mohammad Arif Khan on Karnataka HC verdict

India | Mar 15, 2022, 04:19 PM IST

Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh welcomed the order and described it as "landmark."

It's a matter of freedom: Mehbooba Mufti on hijab verdict

News | Mar 15, 2022, 04:15 PM IST

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has termed Karnataka High Court's decision on hijab as disappointing. "Women were being denied their rights. Mehbooba said that it is not a matter of religion, it is a matter of freedom," she said.

Hope this judgement will not be used to legitimise harassment of hijab wearing women: Asaduddin Owaisi

News | Mar 15, 2022, 01:31 PM IST

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said that he disagrees with Karnataka High Court's judgement that bans wearing Hijab by Muslim students inside the classroom.

Hijab verdict: Here's what Karnataka Education Minister said

News | Mar 15, 2022, 12:46 PM IST

Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh has hailed High Court's verdict on hijab ban. The court has now resolved a big issue, the minister said.

Karnataka HC upholds Hijab ban, says headscarf not part of Islamic faith

News | Mar 15, 2022, 12:00 PM IST

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed all petitions challenging the ban imposed by the government on wearing Hijab in schools and colleges. The HC declared that educational institutions have a right to prescribe uniforms and held that the Karnataka government's order dated February 5 is not unconstitutional.

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