Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -LIVE UPDATES

Mucchala: Unfortunately High Court holds that Articles 19 (1) and 25 are mutually exclusive. 

Mucchala reads out from the Puttaswamy judgment (which declared privacy as a fundamental right).

Mucchala : Merely for wearing a piece of cloth over head, education is not denied. Wearing a turban is not objected. If you tolerate that, you are tolerating diversity.

Justice Dhulia : This report was not considered by the Court?

Mucchala : This was not produced before the Court.

Mucchala referring to Govt records relating to Muslim girls education - 

Mucchala : My right to access education, my right to personal dignity, privacy, right to practice religion..all of them have been violated. And the doctrine of proportionality, that has been completely ignored.

Mucchala : All of my rights are affected on the ground that there should be uniformity. 

Justice Dhulia : Your main argument is that it is an essential religious practice?

Mucchala : My argument is it is my right under Article 25(1)(a), Article 19(1)(a) and 21, and on a conjoint reading of these rights, my fundamental rights are violated.

Mucchala : It is important to bear in mind what ramifications this judgment (of Kar HC) will have.

Mucchala : We have produced certain documents from Govt records, which shows how much the right of education of Muslim girls is affected because their cultural and religious rights are not accepted.