With the Karnataka High Court delivering its verdict hijab case On Tuesday, the Udupi and Shivamogga district administrations have decided to keep schools and colleges closed to avoid any untoward incident.
According to Shivamogga SP BM Lakshmi Prasad, Section 144 has been implemented in the district till March 21. “Eight companies of KSRP, six companies of District Armed Reserve and one company of RAF have been deployed,” he said.
Earlier, Dakshina Kannada DC had declared holiday for all schools and colleges on Tuesday. Dr Rajendra KV said, “External examinations will be held as per schedule but internal examinations of all schools and colleges will be postponed.”
In addition, the Karnataka government has banned gatherings and protests in Bengaluru from March 15 to 21.
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Demand for wearing by a section of girls in Udupi Pre-University College Hijab A major controversy broke out inside their classrooms after some Hindu students wore saffron shawls and the issue spread to other parts of the state, even as the government insisted on a similar norm.
According to lawyers appearing for the petitioner girls from Udupi district, the matter relating to the hijab case has been listed as number 1 for Tuesday and the court is likely to convey the active part of the judgment from 10.30 am.
A full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khaji was constituted on February 9 on a petition filed by Udupi girls, who prayed that they should be allowed to wear hijab even inside the classroom. should be allowed. With school uniform because it was part of their faith.
On January 1, six girl students of a college in Udupi participated in a press conference organized by the Campus Front of India (CFI) in the coastal town after the college authorities refused them to enter classes wearing headscarves.
It was four days later that he requested major permission to wear the hijab in classes that were not permitted. The principal of the college, Rudre Gowda, had said that till then the students used to wear headscarfs on the campus, but used to remove them and enter the class.
Gowda had said, “There was no rule to wear hijab in the institute because in the last 35 years no one wore it in class. The students who came with the demand were supported by outside forces.”
As the hijab vs saffron scarf issue spread to several educational institutions in many parts of Karnataka, the state government declared a holiday from February 9 to 15 in all pre-university colleges and February 9 to 16 in degree and diploma colleges.
The girls then approached the Karnataka High Court seeking relief and on 5 February quashing the government order prohibiting students from wearing any clothes that could disturb peace, harmony and public order.
The full bench of the High Court is hearing the matter daily from February 10.
In its interim order, the bench asked the state government to reopen educational institutions affected by the agitation, and barred students from wearing hijab and saffron scarves in class till the final order is passed.
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