Karnataka HC quashes petition seeking stay on mandatory implementation of HSRP number plates
The Karnataka High Court has declined to issue a stay order in response to a petition seeking to halt the government's directive mandating the installation of High Security Number Plates (HSRP) for vehicles registered prior to April 1, 2019.
In addition, the court has instructed the government to establish a deadline for finalizing the HSRP number plate manufacturers.
Several organizations, including the Indian High Security Registration Plate Manufacturers Association, filed a petition in the High Court requesting a stay on the government's notification that made HSRP number plates mandatory for vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.
The Karnataka government issued a notification on August 17, mandating the installation of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) exclusively through authorized dealers of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.
However, the petitioner organization alleged that it was excluded from the notification of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules. In their petition, the applicant organization claimed that only a select few influential organizations were allowed to adopt HSRP. The government responded by stating that it had no intention of refuting this argument.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
