Kendriya Vidyalayas have provision in their dress code that allows students to wear head scarfs of a particular colour with the prescribed uniform while attending classes, it was claimed on behalf of the two Muslim girl students from Government PU College at Kundapur in Udupi district, who have contended in their petition that wearing hijab was their fundamental right as it was an essential religious practice in Islamic faith.
The submission in this regard was made before a three-judge Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ruth Rituraj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Jaibunnisa M. Khazi, which is hearing the petitions.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat pointed out to the court that the two petitioners were wearing hijabs since their admission to the college last year and said that the circular issued by the Kendriya Vidyalayas allowed wearing hijabs by the Muslim girl students and head gears by Sikhs.
