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A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception

In pronouncing the end of the marital rape exception, the Karnataka High Court has delivered a nuanced judgment

The Hindu

One network, double standards: How Zee, News18’s Urdu and Hindi news channels covered hijab verdict

On March 15, after weeks of students’ protests, the Karnataka High Court upheld a state order that restricts wearing hijab in government colleges where uniforms are prescribed. The court also said the hijab was not part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith.

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Madhya Pradesh varsity orders probe after right-wing activists submit video of girl wearing hijab offering namaz in classroom

SAGAR: A video of a Muslim girl wearing a Hijab and purportedly offering namaz inside a classroom has prompted Dr Harisingh Gour University (HGU), a Central varsity, in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar to order an inquiry on the complaint of a right-wing organisation, an official said on Saturday.

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Police arrest second individual associated with TNTJ in threats to judges case

Earlier, city police had arrested one Rehamatullah, whose speech threatening the judges of Karnataka High Court with dire consequences, was arrested from Madurai

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Hijab row: SC urged to urgently list Karnataka students’ plea

Students have approached the Supreme Court against a Karnataka High Court judgment which had held that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam

The Hindu

Exams have nothing to do with Hijab: SC on petition challenging Karnataka HC order

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that exams have nothing to do with Hijab while hearing the mentioning of a plea seeking urgent hearing on a petition challenging the ban on sporting Hijab in educational institutes.

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CM announces ‘Y’ category security for three judges; warns trouble- mongers

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said it had been decided to provide ‘Y’ category security to three judges of the Karnataka High Court in the wake of life threat received by them after they gave the verdict on the hijab controversy. He also warned that the Government would not…

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Karnataka govt to provide 'Y' category security to judges who delivered hijab verdict

Karnataka High Court judges, who passed the hijab verdict, will be given 'Y' category security after they received death threats, informed Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday.

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Explained | Did the Karnataka High Court’s hijab verdict overlook ‘reasonable accommodation’?

In the Karnataka High Court ruling on the hijab, what principle used in disability rights was not considered?

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FIR filed over threats to HC judges who delivered hijab verdict

Vidhana Soudha Police on Saturday registered an FIR against an unknown individual over a four-minute video clip circulating on social media platforms of a man speaking in Tamil and issuing death threats to the three Karnataka High Court judges who recently delivered the hijab verdict.

The Hindu

3 Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath workers booked for making death threats to K'taka HC judges over hijab verdict

Three Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) functionaries have been booked for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Karnataka high court's verdict on the hijab row, police said. Full story

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Hijab ban in classroom: Fresh plea in SC challenges Karnataka HC verdict

A fresh plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear a Hijab inside the classroom saying Hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice in the Islamic faith.

The Hindu

AIMPLB, SIO express anguish over Hijab verdict

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday expressed anguish over the Karnataka High Court ruling that hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam.

The Hindu

Karnataka court order violates Constitutional rights, say Muslim bodies

Muslim organisations in the State have reacted sharply to the Karnataka High Court order that upheld a government ban on hijab (headscarf) in classrooms saying it does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith.

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Owaisi ‘disagrees’ with K’taka HC verdict on Hijab

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi disagreed with the Karnataka High Court which ruled that Hijab was not an essential practice of Islam and pointed out that banning the headscarf prevents Muslim women from accessing education.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 995: HC upholds hijab ban, Rajnath mentions missile accident probe

Supriti David brings you the news from Karnataka High Court, the parliament, Bombay High Court and Ukraine.

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K'taka CM Bommai says hijab issue settled, students should focus on studies

After the Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged the students to focus on education, saying "it is a question of fate and education of our children".

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Hijab not an essential practice of Islam, rules Karnataka High Court

A three-judge Bench of the High Court of Karnataka pronounced its verdict on the petitions related to the row over wearing hijab in educational institutions

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Karnataka HC dismisses various petitions challenging ban on Hijab in education institutions

Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on Hijab in education institutions.

The Times of India

Hijab case: Admin of FB page 'Mangalore Muslims', others booked for derogatory remark against HC judge

BENGALURU: A case has been registered against the administrator of a Facebook page 'Mangalore Muslims' and another person who had posted against one of the three judges of the Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab case. The cyber crime division of the Bengaluru South division registered a case on its…

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Minority Dept. institutions too asked to disallow hijab in classrooms

The Department of Minority Welfare has issued a circular to the schools that come under the department to implement the Karnataka High Court’s interim order on the hijab issue.

The Hindu

Hijab controversy: Six students of Udupi government PU college skip class

They have approached the Karnataka High Court seeking direction to the college to allow them to wear hijab in classrooms

The Times of India

Karnataka hijab row: Petitioners' lawyer argues for second day, hearing to continue on Wednesday

BENGALURU: The three judge bench of Karnataka high Court on Tuesday held the hearing in the case related to the hijab ban for the second day on Tuesday. The hearing will further continue on Wednesday. The full bench of the Court, hearing the matter, had in its interim order restricted…

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SC to consider listing plea on Karnataka hijab row

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider a submission seeking the listing of a plea for transferring a case on the hijab row from the Karnataka High Court to itself.

The Hindu

Three-judge Bench of Karnataka High Court to hear hijab petitions

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