Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

An advocate seeks permission to intervene, says he is for a Muslim scholar who is supporting the HC judgment.

Justice Gupta : We will allow, the only thing is we have to finish as early as possible.

Kamat : I can satisfy your lordships on ERP. But that is not really necessary. I will place it tomorrow.

J Gupta : Tomorrow we will start a bit early. By around 11.30. If we finish miscellanoues matters early, we can start earlier.

Kamat : I am saying in the alternative. If I succeed in showing that there can be no restriction to my right to wear right #Hijab, then I don't have to go into the question of essential religious practice. High Court missed that. HC first goes to ERP.

Kamat refers to Article 25 - Two fold submission here. We don't have to go into the question of essential religious faith..

Justice Dhulia : That we don't have to go.

Kamat : By actually saying if you come in school wearing a hijab we will not allow you, State violates Article 19.

Kamat : The GO is giving petitioners a Hobson's choice, forcing them to choose between their identity and dignity and right to education.

Kamat : By actually saying if you come in school wearing a hijab we will not allow you, State violates Article 19.

Justice Gupta : It is a way of expression, nothing more than that. It does not compare school with...

Kamat : If your lordship is putting like that, I bow down.

Justice Gupta : This comparision is general...

Kamat : It does not end there. Schools, courts, prisons, war rooms all equated in the same place.

J Gupta : Again, what it says, qualified public spaces like schools, courts,...you are in court, you are wearing a uniform

Kamat : High Court gives the examples of prison, detention and mentions qualified public spaces..this is leading to the argument that once you enter a school premise, you are like a convict....

Kamat : Mr.Advocate General I am on my legs.

AG : To attribute things to High Court and say High Court compared schools to prisons, something I cannot accept.