Hijab Ban- Supreme Court Hearing-DAY-6- Live Updates

Sibal : They (saffron shawl wearing students) tried to create an issue. And when did they start? They wanted to create an atmosphere where State will take an action.

Sibal : Preserving the composite nature of our culture is a fundamental duty. They have no right to object.

Justice Dhulia : That may not be very relevant also.

Sibal : If I wear a hijab, how is it detrimental to the public order?

Justice Dhulia : Some other students started wearing shawls and all, it was in that context.

Sibal : I have an answer. They can't object. They can't wear to interfere with our right.

Sibal tells the bench that the petitioners have pleaded that they have been wearing the hijab all the time.

Justice Gupta : The copies of writ petitions are with us.

Sibal : This is important, as HC says there are no pleadings.

Sibal : What was the compelling need to pass this order? There was no compelling need.

Sibal : Since the birth of Karnataka, girls have been wearing hijab and there has been no untoward incident.

Sibal : Constitution protects cultural diversity. That of diverse cultural communities coming together. Am I not entitled to say that I am coming from a particular culture?

Sibal : We are all ad idem that these children are wearing the school dress. There is no violation of the dress code. I am wearing something beyond. What does it reflect? It reflects my culture, reflects me. And my fellow students are not entitled to know that?

Sibal : You can stop if it impacts public order, morality. If I go to school in a mini skirt, then may be school can stop.

Sibal : For example, there are black children in America. They dress in a particular way, hair in braids etc. Can a school in America say it is not allowed?

Sibal : I am a kid, brought in a certain way, I am wearing the hijab for 10 years or whatever. It is part of my persona. It is me. You can't destroy me. It is party of my cultural tradition. Do I have a right to carry on my culutral tradition or does that stop at college gate?