Hijab row: Whether what all stated in Quran is essential religious practice? HC asks petitioner
Bengaluru: Hearing the Hijab row on Monday, the Karnataka High Court asked the petitioner if all that is stated in Quran is essential religious practices and are all the injunctions in Quran are inviolable.
Appearing for the petitioner students, Advocate Kamat said If Islamic scriptures of the Holy Quran say this practice is obligatory then courts have to permit it.
Replying to Kamat’s argument Justice Dixit asked “Mr.Kamat, whether what all stated in Quran is essential religious practice?”
Kamat replied, “I am not saying that.”
Justice Dixit again asked Kamat whether all Quranic injunctions are inviolable. Kamat said he would not like to comment on larger issued but for the purpose of this case, hijab is essential.
“I would not like to comment on larger issues whether every tenet mentioned in Holy Quran is ERP. For the purpose of this case, hijab is essential.” Kamat said.
“The larger question of whether all Quranic injunctions are essential religious practices does not arise in this case. I beseech your lordships to not get into that issue,” he added.
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Sportspersons winning gold in Olympics to get Rs 6 crore cash prize, says CM Siddaramaiah
‘Silver medalists to get Rs 4 crore, bronze-winners to get Rs 3 crore’
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a cash prize of Rs 6 crore for sportspersons who win gold in the Olympics, and expressed confidence that sportspersons from Karnataka would reach the top in their respective games.
The CM, speaking during the ‘Karnataka Olympics 2025’ awards ceremony organized by the Karnataka Olympics Association, Bengaluru, on Sunday, congratulated the winners.
Assuring that the state government was supportive of sports, he said that, sportspersons who win silver would be given Rs 4 crore and bronze-winners would get Rs 3 crore as cash prize.
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Siddaramaiah added that reservation for sportspersons in appointment to government jobs is being implemented starting January 2026. “Up to 3 per cent jobs in the Police and Forest Departments and 2 per cent in the other government departments are being reserved for sportspersons. An official order will be passed in this regard in January 2026,” he said and called upon youngsters to enter the sports field in larger numbers.
The CM also lauded the contributions of the Karnataka Olympics Association in the field of sports, since 1958, when it was founded. “The Association has been even more active since MLC Govindaraj took charge as Chairperson. It is a matter of pride that just like in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the Olympics Association in our state too functions from its own building,” he added.
