Today news: Hold your Hijab
Karnataka High Court directs reopening of schools in phases while it resolves the row over wearing of veil news today
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In a setback to the pro-hijab group, the KarInataka High Court on Thursday asked students not to insist on wearing 'religious things' till the court resolves the matter and asked the government to take steps to open educational institutions without delay. Stating that students should maintain peace and tranquility, the three-judge full bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna S Dixit adjourned the case to Monday. "We are considering the issue of whether the wearing of headscarf comes within the Fundamental Rights.
We are also considering whether wearing a headscart is an essential part of the religious practice," the High Court said. Soon after the court adjourned the case, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai chaired a meeting with senior ministers and decided to reopen schools for Classes 9 and 10 in Karnataka from Monday. A decision on reopening colleges for Classes 11 and 12 will be decided later. No decision has been taken yet on universities and higher education colleges. Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said the police are ready to assist in the reopening of schools, in case of protests. The police have been directed to ensure law and order while maintaining extreme restraint in dealing with students.
Today news Need to balance competing rights
Senior lawyers here pointVed out that since the 1950s, the Supreme Court and the high courts have looked closely at the commencing words “subject to public order" in Article 25 of the Constitution and restricted or rejected any denomination's claim to an in defeasible fundamental right for public display of religious practices or rituals. The specific question on whether hijab is an essential religious practice was answered by the Madras High Court bench headed by then Chief Justice A P Shah way hack in 2006. The petitioner
in the case had challenged the photo voter ID cards made mandatory by the Election Commission in Tamil Nadu. A Muslim man had filed the petition saying this had hurt the community's religious sentiments as the Quran prohibits photos of a woman without hijab/purdah on voter ID, as these can be seen by strangers. After studying the issue. the court said in its judgment that a noted Sudanese scholar, Dr Hassan al. Turabi, had stated that verses of the Quran
Today news What is paramount country or Religion
At a time Karnataka is being rocked by the disturbing divide over sections of Muslim girls wearing hijab to colleges and Hindu students countering it with saffron shawls, the Madras High Court on Thursday came up with some sharp questions on the obsession with religious issues that would resonate with the rest of the country as well.
Today news Madras Hc shocked that somebody is for hijab in colleges and some for djotis inside temples
"What is paramount? The country or religion? Really shocking that somebody is for hijab and some for dhotis inside temples. What is the message you are sending? Is this one country or divided on the basis of religion,” asked an anguished Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari. He made the sharp observations while hearing two public interest litigation petitions which were filed to insist that only Hindus should be permitted to enter temple complexes and even they should be sporting distinct 'Sanathana Dharma' marks on their forehead, besides wearing appropriate outfits, to prevent the entry of atheists.
