After 11 days of continuous hearing, Karnataka High Court on Friday concluded hearing all the parties concerned and reserved its judgment in the petitions filed by Muslim girl students after they were denied entry to government PU college wearing a hijab.
The judgment was reserved on the petitions filed by female students challenging the action of their college in denying them entry for wearing a hijab and seeking protection of their right to wear hijabs in educational institutions.
A full bench comprising of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi of Karnataka High Court had been hearing the pleas since 11 days.
On Thursday, senior advocate Devadatt Kamat appearing for a Muslim girls had argued that the government order prohibiting any clothing that disturbs harmony in educational institutes is illegal.
Meanwhile, the state government on Tuesday had told the court that there is no restriction on wearing hijab with reasonable restrictions “subject to institutional discipline” and dismissed the charge that a denial of wearing hijab was a violation of Article 15 of the Constitution.
Countering the petition by Muslim girls from Udupi district, Karnataka Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi had said that the right to wear the headscarf falls under the category of 19(1)(A) and not Article 25 as has been argued by the petitioners.
