Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil of Bombay HC refused to interfere in the decision taken by a Mumbai city-based college and dismissed a petition filed by nine female students challenging the college authorities' decision.
Earlier in July, the students who have been studying in the second and third year of a science degree course moved against the directive issued by the Chembur Trombay Education Society's NG Acharya and DK Marathe College imposing a dress code barring the students from wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc. inside the premises.
The petitioners claimed such a directive was against their fundamental rights to practice their religion, right to privacy, and right to choice.
The plea termed the college's action as "arbitrary, unreasonable, bad-in-law and perverse". (with Agency inputs)
