Hijab controversy: HC told that Karnataka’s dress code guideline is violative of fundamental rights

The High Court requested the student community and public at large to maintain peace and tranquility in Karnataka when the court is hearing legal arguments on the ban on wearing hijab in colleges. (Source: AP)

The Karnataka High Court commenced hearing a batch of petitions, filed by Muslim girls studying in government pre-university colleges in Udupi district, questioning the ban on wearing hijab (head scarf) in colleges.

Justice Krishna S. Dixit, before whom the petitions came up for hearing, at the outset requested the advocates, “Let us keep aside passions and emotions, and go by the laws, the reasons, and the Constitution.”