The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that appeals challenging Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam would be listed next week.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana was responding to an oral mentioning made by advocate Prashant Bhushan who said the case was in limbo for months.
The petitions, filed mostly by affected girl students, raise the question whether the State can interfere if a student wears a hijab to college without causing any harm to others and under the firm belief that it is a part of her religious observance and practice.
