Udupi College Hijab row: Student approaches Karnataka High Court with writ petition
Udupi: One of the students of Udupi Government PU College, Resham Farooq has approached the Karnataka High Court to declare that the student's right to wear a hijab is a fundamental right guaranteed under Articles 14 and 25 of the Constitution of India.
The student, represented by Advocates Shathabish Shivanna, Arnav A Bagalwadi, and Abhishek Janardhan has filed a writ petition in the High Court to permit the students to attend classes wearing hijab and without any interference from the college administration.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati over a phone call, Advocate Shathabish Shivanna said “These students were denied their fundamental right to education as they were wearing a hijab. The wearing of the hijab is part of the essential religious practice in the Islamic faith. It is a fundamental right that ought to be protected by the state.”
When asked if they were expecting any immediate relief from the High Court, Shivanna said they will request the court to give an interim direction to the college to allow students to attend classes wearing hijab.
“When the matter will come for the preliminary hearing, we will pray to the court to provide interim relief to the students. The Court goes by the procedure and will ask the state and college to respond on the issue, so in the meanwhile, we will pray to the court to direct college to allow the students to attend classes wearing hijab” he added.
Eight students of the Government PU College Udupi were denied entry to the classrooms on 28-12-2021 for wearing hijab. The students have ever since remained out of class amidst their protest against the college’s move.
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Pawan Khera denied anticipatory bail in passport case: Cong stands up for senior member
New Delhi: The Congress party has stood by Pawan Khera, the Chairman of the party’s Media and Publicity Department, expressing confidence that regardless of hurdles like politics of threat and intimidation, justice would emerge victorious.
Khera was denied anticipatory bail by the Gauhati High Court on Friday in the case filed against him by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma for alleging that she possessed not only multiple passports but also undisclosed properties abroad.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said in a post in Hindi on his ‘X’ account, “The entire Indian National Congress stands in solidarity with Pawan Khera, the Chairman of its Media and Publicity Department. The process to challenge the Gauhati High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court is underway.” In the post, which he put up on Friday, Ramesh has added, “We are confident that justice will prevail over the politics of threats, intimidation, and harassment.”
Bhuyan Sarma has lodged also an FIR seeking legal action against Pawan Khera for his allegations that she possesses passports of three countries and owns a company in the US, which had invested Rs. 50,000 crores. She has filed criminal cases against the Congress leader at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
