Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing (Day 9)- LIVE UPDATES

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23 Feb 2022 2:27 PM IST

  • Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing (Day 9)- LIVE UPDATES

    Karnataka High Court Full Bench will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions.The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi will hear the petitions today at 2.30 PM.On Monday, Chief Justice sought a clarification from the State regarding its stand on banning hijab....

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    • 23 Feb 2022 2:52 PM IST

      Adv Tahir: After this incident there are reports about distributing saffron shawls etc. If report is called about one organisation, then report should be called about other organisations also.

      CJ: Alright we will see.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:50 PM IST

      Chief Justice to AG : Do you have some intelligence inputs about this organisation(CFI)?

      AG : I have some information, will place it in sealed cover.

      CJ : All of a sudden... how this has erupted.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:50 PM IST

      Naganand : It (CFI) is supposed to be a students association, but it is not union recognised etc. It is an organisation which comes and creates commotion.

      CJ : Govt must be having inputs about this organisation.

      Naganand : Intelligence Bureau must be having.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:49 PM IST

      Naganand : After refusing, students behaved rashly. CFI has been coordinating the protests.

      CJ : What is CFI?

      Naganand : Campus Front of India. It is some kind of voluntary organisation which is spearheading drum beating of hijab. This is some rank radical organisation.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:48 PM IST

      Naganand : On 30.12.2021, persons from Campus Front of India, this is a radical organisation, approached the authorities and insisted on allowing wearing of Hijab

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:41 PM IST

      Naganand shows Aadhaar card photo of another petitioner without Hijab

      Naganand : It is not as though the students are professing that they should be always wearing hijab in public.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:40 PM IST

      Senior Adv S Naganand continues submissions on behalf of PU College opposing Hijab.

      He shows to the Court the Aadhaar card photo of one of the petitioner without hijab.

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:37 PM IST

      Chief Justice : In the media, it has been reported that we will deliver the judgement this week. You have not completed the arguments, how can we deliver it?

    • 23 Feb 2022 2:37 PM IST

      Bench assembles. 

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