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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Won’t return to class without hijab, say petitioner girl students

The five students of Government Pre-University College for Girls in Udupi, who had approached the High Court of Karnataka challenging the ban on wearing hijab inside classrooms, said on Tuesday that they would not return to classes without wearing the hijab.

At a press conference in Udupi, the girls said their legal fight for “justice and their rights” would continue and insisted that wearing the hijab was an essential part of their religion.

‘Will consult lawyers’

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