New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to give an urgent hearing to a plea by six students who challenged a Karnataka High Court judgement upholding the ban on wearing hijab while in classrooms.
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said: “We will see it.”
It refused to give it an urgent listing. Senior lawyer Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the six students, had mentioned the matter.
The Bench also included Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli. The Supreme Court said the matter will be heard after Holi, which falls on March 18.
The six girl students stated that they won’t attend their classes without the hijab. Hegde requested the court for an early and urgent hearing “as the examinations were approaching” but Ramana declined the request.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by a group of Muslim girl students against the PU Government College for denying them entry with the hijab. The court said that hijab was not an essential practice under Islam and thus does not fall within the ambit of Article 25 of the Constitution. (UNI)
