Karnataka Hijab Ban- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY-1 -LIVE UPDATES

Hegde : Huge protests happened outside the college where I studied, where my parents studies. It should be something which Udupi cannot be proud of. It should have been contained there. But because of the dynamics of politics, it was spread and has ramifications everywhere

Hegde : High Court has commented on it (CDCs), but since the original government order of 2014 constituting the CDCs was not in challenge....

Justice Dhulia : So it is left to College Development Committee or Board of Supervisors?

Hegde : In private colleges, Board of Supervisors and in Govt colleges to College Development Committees.

Hegde reading out the issues : Whether as per Section 133(2) of the Karnataka Education Act is it mandatory for students to wear uniforms as mandated by the governing body.

Hegde : College Development Committee has no legal sanctity as per Act. It includes the local MLA and politicians.

Hegde narrating the facts of the case (petition relating to Udupi PU College students) to the bench

Hegde : If it can be decided on the basis of the Act, then broader questions need not be gone into.

Hegde: What does the Karnataka Education Act say? Can you make rules and give direction and can those directions run foul of other provisions of the Act?

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde commences arguments.

Dhawan: There are two inconsistent High Court orders. One by Kerala HC and one by Karnataka HC where one says hijab permitted and one says it is not.