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Hijab Row: Four Questions That Guided Karnataka High Court Verdict

The bench, which heard the case on a day-to-day basis, said it formulated four questions and answered them accordingly, taking a holistic view of the entire matter.바카라 웹사이트

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The Karnataka High Court, which dismissed a batch of petitions by some Muslim girls from Udupi seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms of educational institutions, framed the entire case in the form of four questions. The court answered them accordingly.바카라 웹사이트

The proceedings had started on February 8, initially by a single-judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit for two days and then by the full bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Dixit and Justice J M Khazi.바카라 웹사이트

The bench, which heard the case on a day-to-day basis, said it formulated four questions and answered them accordingly, taking a holistic view of the entire matter.바카라 웹사이트

Is hijab an바카라 웹사이트"essential religious practice" in Islamic faith that's protected under Article 25 of the Constitution?

The court said they are of the opinion that the wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith.

Is prescription of school uniform not legally permissible as being violative of petitioners’ fundamental rights?바카라 웹사이트

The prescription of school uniform is only a reasonable restriction constitutionally permissible which the students cannot object to, the court said.바카라 웹사이트

Does the government order banning hijab violate fundamental rights?바카라 웹사이트

We are of the considered opinion that the government has power to issue the impugned order dated and that no case is made out for its invalidation, the court noted.바카라 웹사이트

This question asked whether the Karnataka government's order banning hijab was arbitrary and whether it바카라 웹사이트violated Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution.바카라 웹사이트

Fourth question concerned바카라 웹사이트disciplinary enquiry against respondents, including the concerned school, its principal, and teacher바카라 웹사이트

The court said no case is made out for issuance of a direction for initiating such a disciplinary enquiry.바카라 웹사이트

Regarding the prayer to initiate an inquiry by a premier investigation agency such as the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation Agency, the court said the petitions are liable to be rejected and "absolutely no case having been made out for indulgence".바카라 웹사이트

With PTI inputs

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