Bengaluru: Karnataka primary and secondary education minister B.C. Nagesh on Thursday said the Karnataka high court order upholding the state government’s ban on hijab on school and college campuses will remain valid following a split verdict by the Supreme Court on the issue.
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka high court judgment refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state.
While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court verdict, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them.
At a time when there is a movement happening against hijab and burqa across the globe and the freedom of women is a talking point, the Karnataka government had expected a better judgment that will bring order in the education system but a split verdict has come, Nagesh told reporters.
The matter has now been referred to a higher bench, Nagesh said adding the Karnataka government will wait for the verdict by a higher bench.
“The Karnataka high court order will remain valid. Hence, in all our schools and colleges Karnataka education act and rule, there will be no scope for any religious symbols. So our schools and colleges will run as per the Karnataka high court order. Children will have to come to the schools accordingly,” Nagesh said.
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