Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing(Day 4)- LIVE UPDATES

Kumar : I am not enforcing this document. I am only placing this document to show what the department itself has said - an emphatic statement that no uniform is prescribed, that principal shall not insist on uniform & principal will face disciplinary action if uniform insisted.

Kumar : I am relying on this to show that there is no uniform prescribed for PU colleges for current academic year.

Kumar : I am not saying it has force of law. All that I am saying it is a statement of fact that there is no uniform  prescribed for govt colleges.

Justice Dixit: You are pressing this instrument. We want to know what is its legal status, if you want to bank upon it.

CJ : Who has issued? Nothing is revealed.

Kumar : This is in the nature of a guideline issued by Dept for all PU Colleges under it.

CJ : It cannot be a regulation.

Kumar : It is not a rule. But it gives a statement of fact that no uniform is prescribed (for PU colleges).

CJ : This is for Pre University Govt College.

Kumar : Yes.

CJ : What is this document?

Kumar : These are the guidelines issued by Govt Dept, namely PU Education Dept, for the academic year 2021-22

Kumar: May I read the guideline. Uniform is not mandatory for students studying in PU colleges. But some colleges and management committees have imposed uniforms as mandatory, which is illegal. Prescription of any uniform is illegal.

Kumar: The GO has declared that no uniform is prescribed for the PU colleges.

Kumar: It is very important to take note of fact that the College Development Council is not an authority which is established or recognised under the rules.

Kumar: These provisions made in 1995 Rules are general in character. PU colleges come under a different rule.

Referring to rule, Kumar submits : If there was to be a ban on hijab, the notice ought to have been given one year in advance.