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The Hearing On Hijab Controversy In Karnataka High Court Today

The hearing on the Hijab controversy in Karnataka High Court today: Karnataka Hijab Row.

Turkey-Africa and Canada mentioned in Karnataka High Court on hijab dispute, the hearing will be held again today

Hijab controversy to be heard again in Karnataka High Court today. Earlier on Tuesday, during the hearing held in the Karnataka High Court, the counsel for the petitioner gave arguments.

The counsel for the petitioner said that the hijab is not an issue of religious fanaticism, but a matter of faith and security. During this, he also referred to the decisions of foreign courts.

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice JM Khaji was hearing various petitions challenging the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state.

Negative Secularism in Turkey.

In fact, when the hearing on the hijab dispute started in the High Court on Tuesday, advocate Devdutt Kamat, appearing for the petitioner, put many things before the court.

Senior advocate Devdutt Kamat told the court that the Constitution of India follows positive secularism, while Turkey has negative secularism.

He said that our secularism ensures that the religious rights of all are protected, and our constitution upholds positive secularism.

Referring to the court of South Africa.

Advocate Kamat also referred to a decision of a South African court while urging the court to allow Muslim women to wear the hijab in educational institutions.

He said that a girl from South India was allowed to wear nose earrings in school.

The judgment also said that if other students are also encouraged to follow their own culture, it is not something to be feared but a thing to celebrate.

Devdutt Kamat said during the hearing that South Africa’s decision also stated that if there are other learners, who until now were afraid to express their religions or cultures and who would now be encouraged to do so

The Sikh students also raised the issue.

During this, lawyer Kamat also referred to the decision of a Canadian court regarding a Sikh student demanding kirpan.

During the debate, advocate Kamat also raised questions on the government order.

He said that according to the Constitution in Kannada, public order is public order, which cannot have a different meaning.

He also said that the hijab is an essential religious practice. Restricting its use is a violation of Article 25 of the Indian Constitution.

The hearing on the Hijab controversy: The controversy started in January.

Let us tell you that the protest against Hijab in Karnataka started in January this year.

When some girl students of Government Girls PU College in the state’s Udupi district alleged that they were barred from attending classes.

During the protest, some students claimed that they were denied entry to the college for wearing the hijab.

After this incident, students of various colleges reached Shanteshwar Education Trust in Vijayapura wearing a saffron stole.

The same situation was also seen in many colleges of the Udupi district. However, a circular was issued by the Board of Pre-University Education.

In which it was said that the students can wear only the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious practices will be allowed in the colleges.

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