Hijab row: Karnataka BJP, Nalin Kumar Kateel delete tweets revealing personal details of petitioner
Bengaluru, Feb 15: The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party allegedly shared the personal details of the girls from Udupi including their residential addresses who had approached the Karnataka High Court against the ban on wearing of hijabs in classrooms.
Apparently after coming under criticism, the party deleted its tweets in English as well as Kannada.
The party had tweeted, "Five of the students involved in #HijabRow are minors. Don't CONgress leaders Sonia, Rahul & Priyanka have any guilt for using minor girls to stay relevant in politics? How low will they stoop to win elections? Is this what "Ladki hoo lad sakti hoon" means, @priyankagandhi?"
Along with the tweet, the party put out the personal details of the girls from Udupi, who had filed petitions in the High Court.
Taking a strong view against BJP's Karnataka unit, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted, "Shameless @BJP4Karnataka tweets the addresses of the minor girls in order to attack the opposition. Do you'll realise how insensitive, sick and pathetic this is? I request @DgpKarnataka and @TwitterIndia to take action and take down the tweet. Also seek @GoI_MeitY intervention."
The Rajya Sabha member also demanded that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights take this up immediately.
"This is a criminal act to share names and addresses of minors. This is unacceptable," Chaturvedi further tweeted.
Karnataka is witnessing a row over Hijab versus Saffron scarves, which started since December end in Udupi in coastal Karnataka.
On January 1, six girl students of a college in Udupi attended a press conference held by Campus Front of India (CFI) in the coastal town protesting against the college authorities denying them entry into the classroom by wearing Hijab.
The full bench of the Karnataka High Court where the girls had petitioned is hearing the matter on day-to-day basis.
The Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, hijab and any religious flag within the classroom.
A Twitter account @BJP4Karnataka has shared personal details of minors girls from Karnataka including their house address. Isn't it against policy? @DgpKarnataka @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) February 15, 2022
Isn't sharing house adress of minors against @Policy @TwitterIndia policy? #KatnatakaHijabRow pic.twitter.com/uiuuNeHuCT
It is also shared by BJP President, Karnataka @nalinkateel
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) February 15, 2022
Report!@Policy @TwitterIndia @DgpKarnataka pic.twitter.com/MG3ZAKIhaw
Shameless @BJP4Karnataka tweets the addresses of the minor girls in order to attack the opposition. Do you’ll realise how insensitive, sick and pathetic this is? I request @DgpKarnataka and @TwitterIndia to take action and take down the tweet. Also seek @GoI_MeitY intervention.
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) February 15, 2022
I demand @ncpcr also to take this up immediately. This is a criminal act to share names and addresses of minors. This is unacceptable https://t.co/Vj0NRcWvFb
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) February 15, 2022
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CJI calls for deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture for faster justice delivery
Jabalpur (PTI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday called for deepening technology and artificial intelligence (AI)-based judicial architecture, and using technological advancements to expedite justice delivery.
Stating that technology was the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time, he said the country's judiciary was committed to ensuring optimum utilisation of technological advancements and AI for the benefit of the common man.
The CJI was speaking at a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on the topic of "Fragmentation to fusion, empowering justice via united digital platform integration". He also launched the MP high court's newly-developed digital platforms.
"Indian judiciary is committed to ensuring optimum utilisation of not only technological advancements that have been going on and which are integral part of our system since 1990, but also of latest designs of AI and how we can use them for the benefit of the common man," he said.
"We should think of deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture. Technology is the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time," the CJI added.
He stressed the need to embrace technological advancement in judiciary for expediting the justice delivery system.
Praising Madhya Pradesh HC for developing these platforms, the CJI said that as stated by the Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, there was a need to roll out these technological advancements at the pan-India level.
A committee has been constituted by the Supreme Court on how to use AI for the benefit of the judicial system, especially in speedy disposal of cases, according to him.
Minister Meghwal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and MP High Court Chief Justice Sanjeev Sabharwal also spoke on the occasion.
VIDEO | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: CJI Surya Kant says, "... The launch of this software should not be limited to Madhya Pradesh High Court. It should implemented in courts across the country. I will take up this initiative. An all-India digital platform can be created and the law… pic.twitter.com/wHdwrved0f
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 16, 2026
