SC asks how discipline of schools is violated if Hijab is worn, here’s how Karnataka govt replied
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Monday while hearing pleas against Karnataka High Court's judgment upholding the ban on Hijab in educational institutions asked the Karnataka government how wearing Hijab was violating discipline in schools.
Justice Dhulia while hearing the matter questioned the ASG when the latter said wearing Hijab was an issue of discipline in school.
“How the discipline of the school is violated if the hijab is worn?” Justice Dhulia asked.
Replying to the query from Justice Dhulia, the Advocate General of Karnataka replied that when students started protesting for Hijab other students wanted to wear bagwa shawls. He further added that a situation of unrest prevailed in the state following the developments.
“After some students started protesting for hijab, another set of students wanted to wear bagwa shawls. This led to a situation of unrest and in this backdrop, the Government Order was issued on Feb 5.” Advocate General of Karnataka said.
A bench, comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia, is hearing the batch of petitions challenging the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.
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Country dedicated to social justice due to Ambedkar's inspiration: PM Modi
New Delhi (PTI): Paying tributes to Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that it is due to his inspiration that the country is today dedicated to realising the dream of social justice.
His principles and ideas will strengthen and speed up the building of an 'aatmanirbhar' (self-reliant) and developed India, Modi said on X.
Later, Modi joined a number of other dignitaries, including President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and leaders of opposition in both Houses Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, among others, in Parliament to pay homage to Ambedkar.
Ambedkar is recognised for his lifelong struggle for the empowerment of Scheduled Castes and his key role in drafting the Constitution.
Born in a Dalit family in 1891, he was a brilliant student who went on to study in foreign countries. The discrimination he suffered in Indian society turned him into a committed social reformer.
He was India's first law minister. He died in 1956.
