The Karnataka government on Wednesday revoked the 2022 order that had effectively barred hijabs in classrooms where uniforms were prescribed and replaced it with a new directive allowing students to wear “limited” traditional and faith-based symbols in schools and colleges of the state, The Hindu reported.
The earlier order, issued by the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Basavaraj Bommai in February 2022, had effectively enforced a ban on hijabs in educational institutions by stating that the students are allowed to wear only the uniforms prescribed by schools and pre-university colleges.
It had also stated that where uniforms were not prescribed, clothing that disturbed “equality, integrity and public law and order” should not be worn.
The directive came after a government college in Udupi barred six girls from attending classes in December 2021 for wearing headscarves. The students staged protests, which soon spread to other parts of Karnataka.
The students challenged theorder in the Karnataka High Court, which upheld the ban. In its judgement, the High Court held that wearing hijab was not essential to Islam.
The judgement was then challenged before the Supreme Court, which delivered a split verdict in October 2022. A two-judge bench said that the matter would be placed before the chief justice for his directions on the future course of action.
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