How will students prepare for the great diversity of the country when none is allowed in their classrooms, wondered Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Wednesday.
Justice Dhulia, who is part of the Division Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta, is hearing a series of petitions challenging the prohibition on wearing hijab in classrooms in Karnataka.
Petitioners, mostly students affected by the ban, have challenged a Karnataka High Court decision that wearing hijab is not an “essential religious practice” in Islam.
