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

  India | March 23, 2022 23:58 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.

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

  India | March 20, 2022 14:36 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 | March 20, 2022 8:54 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 | March 16, 2022 13:02 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 | March 16, 2022 10:49 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 | March 15, 2022 18:35 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.

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

  News | March 15, 2022 18:43 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 | March 15, 2022 19:28 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.

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

  News | March 15, 2022 18:11 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.

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

  News | March 15, 2022 18:20 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.

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

  India | March 15, 2022 16:19 IST

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

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

  News | March 15, 2022 16:15 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.

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

  News | March 15, 2022 13:31 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.

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  Hijab verdict: Here's what Karnataka Education Minister said

  News | March 15, 2022 12:46 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.

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

  News | March 15, 2022 12:00 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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  Karnataka HC quashes petitions challenging ban on Hijab, says 'not essential religious practice'

  India | March 15, 2022 13:11 IST

  The Karnataka High Court has dismissed petitions filed by Muslim girls seeking permission to wear hijab in classroom.

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  Hearing on Hijab row scheduled today in Karnataka HC, Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru and other cities

  News | March 15, 2022 6:50 IST

  Hearing on the ongoing Hijab controversy has been scheduled in Karnataka High Court today. Ahead of the same, Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru and other cities in the state.

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  Schools closed, protests banned ahead of Karnataka HC verdict on hijab row | 10 points

  India | March 15, 2022 0:10 IST

  Bengaluru commissioner of Police Kamal Pant said that all types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bengaluru for one week from March 15 to March 2.

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  Hijab controversy: FIR against protesting students in Karnataka's Tumakuru

  India | February 18, 2022 13:09 IST

  The Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.

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  Hijab controversy: BJP says 5 petitioner girls minor, slams Cong for 'using minor to stay relevant'

  India | February 15, 2022 16:01 IST

  The Karnataka BJP also questioned Priyanka Gandhi-led Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun'