It was also discussed that the health department, in close coordination with the education department, should continue with the efforts to reach the target of 100 per cent vaccination with first dose for all the children in the age group of 12 to 18 years by May 15, positively.Bangalore News Highlights: The Muslim girls who have moved the Karnataka High Court against the ban on Hijab argued on Tuesday that wearing the headscarf was an innocent practice of faith and not a mere display of religious jingoism. They also requested the full bench of the HC to make a leeway to attend classes with headscarves as the court’s interim order had suspended their ‘fundamental rights’. According to PTI report, dwelling on Article 25 of the Indian constitution before the bench, senior counsel Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the Muslim girls from Udupi pre-university college, said the article speaks about ‘freedom of conscience’.
The hearing in the petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions will continue in the Karnataka High Court at 2.30 pm on Wednesday, February 16. On Tuesday, the court continued the hearing as the petitioners argued that they should be allowed to wear headscarves in colours that match their school uniform as even Centre-run Kendriya Vidyalayas allow the same. Kamat referred to a judgment of a South Africa court on the issue whether a Hindu girl with roots in South India could wear nose ring in school. He referred to the judgement which says that this case is not about uniforms, but exemptions to existing uniforms. He further said that our Constitution follows positive secularism, not like Turkish secularism, that is negative secularism. Our secularism ensures that everyone’s religious rights are preserved.
Karnataka on Tuesday recorded 1,405 new Covid-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 1.91 per cent. The state also reported 26 fatalities, health minister K Sudhakar said in a tweet. Among the total cases, 765 cases and 6 deaths were reported from Bengaluru. 5,762 recoveries were also recorded in the state in the past 24 hours.
Students come out of their school after a teacher asked them to remove their 'hijab', in Bengaluru, Saturday. (PTI)
While tension is simmering in most districts of Karnataka over demonstrations by a section of students in favour of wearing hijab to classrooms, and protests by another section opposing it, colleges in the state are set to resume from Wednesday after remaining closed for a week to alleviate the situation.
On Tuesday, several schools in multiple districts denied entry to students wearing hijab, with many returning home. Such incidents were reported from Kodagu, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Koppal and Belagavi districts. Read More
The police on Wednesday said that a couple have been arrested for stealing batteries from traffic signals. They added that 230 batteries stolen from 68 traffic junctions over the last few months have also been recovered. These batteries are used to run traffic signals.
The accused have been identified as S Sikandar (30) and his wife Nazma Sikandar (29), residents of Chikkabanavara. Read More
Mysuru district administration has imposed CrPC Section 144 till 28 February within 200 meters of schools and colleges.
Section 144 imposed in Tumakuru district from 6 am of 16th February till next order ahead of PU colleges reopening. The order is applicable in 200 meters of PU colleges, degree and other colleges: YS Patil, Deputy commissioner, Tumakuru. (ANI)
Karnataka on Tuesday recorded 1,405 new Covid-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 1.91 per cent. The state also reported 26 fatalities, health minister K Sudhakar said in a tweet. Among the total cases, 765 cases and 6 deaths were reported from Bengaluru. 5,762 recoveries were also recorded in the state in the past 24 hours.
The Muslim girls who have moved the Karnataka High Court against the ban on Hijab argued on Tuesday that wearing the headscarf was an innocent practice of faith and not a mere display of religious jingoism. They also requested the full bench of the HC to make a leeway to attend classes with headscarves as the court's interim order had suspended their 'fundamental rights'.
Dwelling on Article 25 of the Indian constitution before the bench, senior counsel Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the Muslim girls from Udupi pre-university college, said the article speaks about 'freedom of conscience'. "This (freedom of conscience) has a lot of depth in that term. The essence of Article 25 is it protects the practice of innocent faith and not a mere display of religious identity or jingoism," Kamat told the full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit, constituted to hear the Hijab row following commotion and violence on campuses as it turned out into a Hijab versus saffron row. (PTI)
Officials from the forest department on Tuesday said that a villa has been built over five acres of forest land at Gulakmale village in Bengaluru South taluk without their permission. The villa is reportedly located at a crucial spot on the elephant corridor.
The officials also said that forest land has been repeatedly encroached upon owing to the ‘illegal’ grant of such land to private parties by the revenue department. They added that the revenue department had converted 445 acres of forest land into revenue land in 2014. Read More
"It is very crucial for kids battling cancer to get timely and right care. To ensure that no child battling cancer is deprived of treatment a bone marrow transplant centre has been set up in Kidwai which will provide free treatment for kids from poor families," said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr.K.Sudhakar.
Dr.Sudhakar participated in the stone laying ceremony of the Medical ICU that is being constructed in Kidwai at a cost of Rs.4 crores from the contribution of philanthropist Rajshekhar in memory of Shri Ramalinga Reddy and also inaugurated the newly established bone marrow transplant facility.
The Karnataka government on Tuesday asserted that it was committed to implementing the High Court's interim order on the Hijab row. This was in response to the issue raised by Congress MLA and its deputy leader in the legislative assembly, U T Khader, during the zero hour, expressing concern over "confusion and interpretation" of the court order, during its implementation on ground.
"The Education Minister will give reply to the issue raised by Khader, but I want to assure that the government is committed to implement the court order," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said on behalf of the government. (PTI)
Hearing in the hijab ban petitions to continue tomorrow at 2.30 pm in Karnataka High Court.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat says - our Constitution follows positive secularism, not like Turkish secularism, that is negative secularism. He says - our secularism ensures that everyone's religious rights are preserved. (ANI)
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, for petitioner, refers to a judgment of a South Africa court. Issue was whether a Hindu girl with roots in South India could wear nose ring in school He refers to the judgement which says that this case is not about uniforms,but exemptions to existing uniforms. (ANI)
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat continues arguments in Karnataka HC on behalf of Muslim girls from Udupi college in pleas to permit wearing of Hijabs in classrooms. Advocate cites judgments from South African higher courts to emphasis protection of rights of minority communities to practice religion and follow cultural practices when these rights are safeguarded by the Constitution of a country.
The Hijab row continued to simmer in Karnataka on Tuesday over alleged denial of entry for girl students into schools with their headscarves on in some places, as one such girl announced boycotting her exam in response to the diktat. Scenes of angry parents of such children arguing with police and school authorities and an instance of a student trying to flaunt a saffron scarf as an apparent retaliation were also reported.
The Karnataka High Court, in its interim order last week restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, hijab and any religious flag within the classroom. High schools were reopened across the state on Monday, even as there were instances of students turning up in Hijab and burqa then, only to be denied entry or asked by officials to remove them, citing the High Court order.
On Tuesday, at a school in the district headquarters town of Shivamogga, a Burqa-wearing girl refused to write her exam when the school authorities asked her to remove her Hijab first. 'We have grown up wearing Hijab since our childhood and we cannot give it up. I will not write the exam and I will go home,' the girl told reporters. In a government school in Indavara village in Chikkamagaluru district, Muslim girls were not let inside the school and were asked to go back. Soon, their parents reached the school and staged a protest. They barged into the campus, raised slogans and demanded that the order should be given to them in writing.
As the protest intensified, another student pulled out a saffron scarf from his school bag. On the direction of his teachers, he put it back inside. Sensing the situation, the principal closed the school for the day. In another institution in Chikkamagaluru town, tension prevailed over denial of entry to the students with hijab. Parents swarmed the school and questioned the school authorities how their children were not allowed inside. Policemen deployed there told the crowd that there was a High Court order not to let anyone wearing Hijab or saffron scarves but the parents were not ready to listen and insisted that their wards be allowed to write the exam.
In SVS School in the district headquarters town of Tumakuru, Muslim parents thronged its premises after their daughters were turned away for wearing hijab. Subsequently, policemen rushed to the spot and made the parents and girls leave the school. They too cited the High Court order. (PTI)
Senior advocate Devadatta Kamat continues his arguments on behalf of two students from Kundapura college.
The Karnataka High Court hearing on the hijab issue is being live-streamed on the court's YouTube channel. Catch the proceedings in real-time here.
The Karnataka High Court will soon begin hearing the petitions in the hijab row case. A full bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit, is hearing a batch of petitions filed by Muslims girls from pre-university colleges in Udupi who have been barred from classes for wearing hijabs in alleged violation of uniforms prescribed by a college committee.
On Monday, the petitioners had argued that the Centre-run Kendriya Vidyalayas provides an option for Muslim students to wear headscarves in colours that match their school uniform, and hence they should be permitted to do the same. (Read more)
A day ahead of the reopening of pre-university colleges in Karnataka, which were shut due to protests over the wearing of hijab inside classrooms, state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra Tuesday said authorities have been directed to identify and initiate legal action against religious organisations attempting to break the society and corrupt innocent students.
"Some religious organisations are using students to try to divide the society... Instructions have been given to identify them and initiate appropriate legal action against them," the minister said in a statement.
He claimed that not all but a few students were insisting that they be allowed to go to the school wearing hijab. "In my view, it is not their (students) natural view (insisting on wearing hijab). We all must respect the interim order of the Karnataka High Court and act accordingly," Jnanendra said. (PTI)
A student's guardian in Karnataka Public School in Nellihudikeri in Kodagu district said that he will send his niece to school only after the court pronounces its verdict. 'Education is important but hijab is most important to us,' news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
Parents and teachers met for a meeting on the hijab issue in Govt Urdu School, Pakirnagar. The Tehsildar of Kapu Taluk told news agency ANI that the hijab-wearing students have not been made to sit in a separate room.
Last week I found myself embroiled unwittingly in the hijab saga. I did not mean to get caught up in it but when I saw well-meaning women, most prominently Priyanka Gandhi, proclaim that to wear or not wear a hijab was a matter of choice, I felt it was necessary to point out that this is rubbish. Women brought up in conservative Muslim homes are taught from the time they are small girls that veiling themselves is an act of piety and they should accept this unquestioningly. When this idea is taken to its logical conclusion, we get Afghanistan, Iran, and the awful ISIS caliphate. When the caliphate was at the height of its power and glory, women could be shot in the street for showing their faces in public.
Islam has given the world some fine ideas about equality and brotherhood, but the treatment of women is not one of them. Since India is not an Islamic country, Muslim women should be encouraged to rid themselves of their robes and headgear instead of being encouraged to fight for their ‘right’ to wear a hijab, writes Tavleen Singh. (Read more)
A 27-year-old man killed a 36-year-old over a mobile phone in Bengaluru late Monday. The deceased was identified as Manjunath and the accused as Sharath Kumar.
According to police sources, Sharath was working as a supplier in Banashankari Wines in Jambusavari Dinne. Manjunath and two of his friends were drunk and demanded that the accused give them his mobile. When he resisted, the quarrel escalated. Manjunath was assaulted with cement concrete debris. Grievously injured, he was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him 'brought dead'.
Police have registered a murder case and have arrested Sharath. A probe is underway.
A delegation of Muslim legislators from the Congress party met Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Tuesday morning with a request to allow Muslim girls to wear headscarves while attending school and college in the state.
Class 10 students in Udupi district headed to classes on the second day of the reopening of schools in Karnataka.
Veteran Kannada actor Bhargavi Narayan passed away at her residence in Jayanagar Monday. She was 84 years old.
Bhargavi has acted in more than 600 plays and worked in numerous Kannada television serials and movies. According to her family, she was suffering from age-related issues and breathed her last at around 7.30 pm Monday. (Read more)
As many as 10 students in Kodagu district returned home Tuesday after school authorities denied them entry due to hijabs.
Bengaluru city is likely to see a maximum temperature of 30 degree Celsius and a minimum temperature of 18.3 degree Celsius, according to an 8.30 am update from the Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru. The humidity is set to be 79%. No rainfall has been predicted.
Here's the local forecast:
For 24 hrs: Partly cloudy sky. Mist very likely during early morning hours in some areas. Maximum and minimum temperatures very likely to be around 30 and 17 degrees Celsius respectively.
For 48 hrs: Partly cloudy sky. Mist very likely during early morning hours in some areas. Maximum and minimum temperatures very likely to be around 30 and 17 degrees Celsius respectively.
Will the hijab controversy become another Shah Bano moment? That we’ll know only after the Supreme Court decides because neither side is likely to accept an adverse High Court ruling.
As things stand, the comparison is not apt. In 1985, a lone divorcee was pitted against the male leadership of her community. While these orthodox men had the tacit backing of the ruling party, Shah Bano could get the support of just a few courageous Muslims. Isolated, as lakhs of men rallied against her on the streets, the 69-year-old finally succumbed and rejected the Supreme Court order which, following both law and precedent, had granted her a monthly maintenance of Rs 179.20 to be paid by her affluent husband. This victory had come after seven years, but she gave it up because, as she told this reporter, “I don’t want khoon kharaba in my name.”
If the Goliath then was the Muslim Personal Law Board, which mobilised lakhs of Muslim men, today the Goliath is the BJP government in Karnataka, which has mobilised groups of male students to violently intimidate the young Muslim women who have until now, never been stopped from entering college in hijabs. (Read more)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development had on July 4, 2012, announced the adoption of a “new uniform pattern” by the Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country.
For the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous body under the HRD Ministry, now known as Ministry of Education, the change in dress code for its students was a first since its inception in 1963.
Among the changes were new patterns for scarf and turban. “Scarf with red hemming for Muslim girls matching with the lower,” was among the changes approved by the KVS Board of Governors in its 92nd meeting on May 18, 2012. (Read more)
As schools till Standard X reopened across Karnataka on Monday, the instructions for Muslim girls were clearly laid out by many institutions — remove the hijab if you want to attend classes. Reports coming in from many places stated that Muslim students were refused entry to school premises if they did not remove their hijab.
In Mandya, students at the Rotary Educational Society School were forced by teachers to remove their hijab before entering the school premises. Many teachers and staffers were also asked to remove their hijab or burqa before entering the premises. Many parents requested teachers to allow the students to go to their classrooms before removing the hijab. (Read more)
The Karnataka government on Monday decided to reopen pre-university and degree colleges across the state, that were shut due to hijab row, from February 16.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, which was attended by Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh, Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, and senior officials of the government.
"At the meeting, the current situation in the state was analysed. It was decided to reopen PU and Degree colleges from Wednesday," Nagesh said. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, he said the colleges will reopen on the basis of the Karnataka High Court's interim order.
"Wherever (in colleges) there are uniform related rules, it has to be strictly followed. Where a uniform is not there, the dress code will be decided. We will strictly follow the High Court order," he added. (PTI)
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Monday congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on successful launch of PSLV-C52.
"The EOS-O4 satelite will provide high-resolution images for a variety of applications and we are proud that this is realised at our Bengaluru's U R Rao Satellite Centre," Bommai wrote in a tweet.
Glowing tributes were paid to eminent playback singer and Bharat Ratna awardee Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away recently, along with others in the Karnataka assembly on Monday. Speaking in the assembly, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said words fall short to portray Lataji's personality.
'Lata Mangeshkar was a special creation of God. The purity of Saraswati flowed through her voice. She would give life to the lyrics with her scintillating voice in a way that the song would remain etched in the memory forever,' Bommai said.
In his tribute to Mangeshkar, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said the Bharat Ratna recipient was an unparalleled singer who had become a living legend by singing over 30,000 songs.
She sang over 10,000 Hindi songs and lent her voice for songs in 36 different languages, Siddaramaiah said. (PTI)
The Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down some of the provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, relating to the banning of online gaming, saying they were ultra vires to the Constitution.
In its judgment, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Krishna S Dixit dwelt on legal positions and said, "in the above circumstances, these writ petitions succeed." "In the Karnataka Act of 2021 to the extent provisions we have said, not the entire act, are declared to be ultra vires to the Constitution and are struck down," the bench added.
The consequences of the striking down of provisions shall follow, the bench said. It maintained that nothing in the judgment should be construed to prevent an appropriate legislation being brought about concerning the subject, "that is betting and gambling in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution". (PTI)
The school uniforms prescribed by the Kendriya Vidyalayas – which are run by the Union government – where Muslim girls are given an option to wear headscarves have been cited by advocates for Muslim girls from a Udupi college to question a ban imposed on headscarves or hijabs in some pre-university colleges run by the Karnataka government.
A senior advocate appearing for girls from a Government Pre-University College in Udupi presented a memo to the Karnataka High Court on Monday to indicate that freedom of religion was being practised in Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country through a provision allowing Muslim girls to wear headscarves. (Read more)
Speaking on the ongoing hijab row in the state of Karnataka, Congress leader Ajoy Kumar, in Agartala, said, "Every rule is only for girls. The khaki half pant (RSS uniform) that Gadkari Ji wears should also be banned because that is also obscene. But we don't ask Gadkari Ji not to wear it.
Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) on Monday alleged that the Campus Front of India (CFI), Popular Front and other Islamic organisations are behind the hijab controversy that created chaos in Udupi district and later across Karnataka.
Addressing reporters in Udupi, HJV (south Karnataka) secretary K T Ullas demanded a thorough investigation into the conspiracy behind the hijab issue raked up by these organisations in educational institutions.
Ullas said many of the Muslim students were not wearing hijabs in junior colleges till December last year when it was turned into a controversy. He also claimed that the boy students started wearing shawls not at the instance of Hindu outfits, but as a ‘natural reaction.'
The six girls at the PU college for women in Udupi were in touch with CFI through their Twitter accounts, he alleged. If the CFI leaders and students are interrogated, the conspiracy behind the controversy can be unveiled, Ullas said. (PTI)
Amid the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Mekedatu Project, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda said that Tamil Nadu is objecting unreasonably.
"This project was proposed a long time back. We are making it on our own land, with our own money. If any forest land is going to be submerged, it is also in our area," Deve Gowda said.
Karnataka on Monday reported 1,568 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,28,237 and death toll to 39,665.
There were 6,025 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,57,323, a health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 754 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,089 people being discharged and five virus-related deaths.
The total number of active cases across the state is now 31,215. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2.25 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.59 per cent.
Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka 13 students from a government school staged a walk-out owing to the hijab ban in Shivamogga district. The students said that they will not attend school if they’re asked to remove hijabs.
Downplaying the ongoing hijab (headscarf) controversy in Karnataka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said it is not an issue in his state where religious sentiments are respected. If someone puts something on the head in a classroom, there is no need to comment on it, Kumar told reporters at a programme.
“This is not an issue in Bihar, we should not focus on such things.... It's useless," he said. The matter has gone to court, said Kumar.
“In Bihar schools, children wear almost the same type of dress. If someone puts something on the head, there is no need to comment on it. We do not interfere in such matters. We respect religious sentiments of each other," he said.
Everybody is equal for the state government, Kumar told reporters in his public outreach programme, 'Janata Ke Darbaar Mein Mukhyamantri'. (PTI)
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday congratulated all 16 cricket players from the state who were purchased by various IPL teams in the auction.
Challenging the government order restricting the use of any cloth that can disturb peace, harmony and, law and order, the girls who petitioned in favour of hijab requested the Karnataka High Court on Monday to allow them to wear Islamic headscarves of the colour of the school uniform.
The girls made the plea to the full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit.
"I am not only challenging the GO but also asking for a positive mandate for allowing me to wear a headscarf of the same colour of the uniform," advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing on behalf of the girls of the government pre-university college in Udupi, told the bench.
Kamat also claimed that the central schools permit Muslim girls to wear headscarves of the school uniform colour and the same could be done here. According to him, headscarves are an essential religious practice, and restricting its use was violating Article 25 of the Indian Constitution. (PTI)
The Halasuru Gate police on Sunday arrested an advocate for allegedly assaulting other advocates on the City Civil Court premises in Bengaluru.
The accused Jagadish KN Mahadev, who represented the woman in the sex-for-job scam involving former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, was facing a defamation case filed by an IPS officer for alleged corruption claims. He was arrested from his house in Kodigehalli based on a complaint filed by advocate Narayana Swamy for the alleged assault and social media threats, said the police.
Mahadev has been booked under various sections of the IPC, including promoting enmity between groups, criminal conspiracy, rioting and attempted murder. The police also booked 40 others, including Mahadev’s son and two colleagues. (Read more)
Kempegowda International Airport cargo witnessed a near two-fold increase in rose shipments in the run-up to Valentine's Day this year.
Spreading the fragrance of roses across the globe, the Airport facilitated the movement of approximately 5.15 lakh kgs of roses to 25 international and domestic destinations vs. 2.7 lakh kgs shipped in 2021.
The demand for roses during the Valentine's season in the domestic market has seen a considerable rise this season. Domestic shipments have witnessed a significant improvement, having increased to 3.15 lakh kgs (~6.5 million stems) vs. 1.03 lakh kgs in 2021, recording over 200% growth. Around 2 lakh kgs (~7.3 million stems) were exported to international destinations this year vs. last year’s 1.7 lakh kgs. (ENS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the law against triple talaq has saved families of thousands of Muslim women from breaking up in Uttar Pradesh.
PM's remarks at the rally came amid a row in Karnataka where schools have stopped Muslim girls from attending classes while wearing hijab. Addressing an election rally here at Kanpur Dehat, the prime minister said the tightening of law and order in the state has also benefitted Muslim girls who used to face problems from miscreants while going to school earlier.
The polling for second phase of UP assembly polls got underway on Monday. However, voting for Kanpur Dehat will take place in a later phase.
The prime minister also hit out at the Samajwadi Party, saying they had distributed areas among family members for "loot" during their rule in the state. Justifying the legislation against triple talaq, the prime minister recalled how Muslim women suffered due to the practice. (PTI)
Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy slammed the Governor's address presented in the joint session. He in a statement said that the address made by Governor is only about Covid-19, news agency ANI reported.
"If you read this book (Governor's address) even government will have a Covid attack. No development issues has been addressed. This is the worst Governor's address in the decade," He added.
The hearing for the Hijab row case in the Karnataka High Court was adjourned for tomorrow at 2.30 pm.
Congress legislators in Karnataka wore black band on Monday during the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the state legislature, in protest against the hijab row, accusing the BJP government's role in it, and the rejection of social reformer Narayana Guru's tableau during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
The principal opposition party in the state assembly also demanded immediate action against Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa for his recent statement claiming that 'Bhagwa dhwaj' (saffron flag), may become the national flag some time in the future.
"We are protesting by wearing a black band because the hijab issue is their (BJP government) creation, they are the one's who sent students (to colleges) with saffron shawls. We are not saying it, they have admitted it, Eshwarappa (minister) has admitted," Leader of Opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking to reporters here, the former chief minister said the black band is also in protest against the rejection of Narayana Guru's tableau during the Republic Day parade. Also, demanding action and a criminal case against Eshwarappa for his statement that the saffron flag may fly at the Red Fort in place of the national flag, some time in the future, Siddaramaiah said, patriots don't speak such things. (PTI)
While hearing the hijab row case in the Karnataka High Court Justice Krishna S Dixit asked advocate Devadatt Kamat whether everything stated in the Quran is an essential religious practice.
To which the Senior Advocate Kamat replied by refraining to comment on it.
After a near week-long Hijab row forced holiday, high schools in Karnataka reopened on Monday, amid prohibitory orders in Udupi, which witnessed violence and tension last week and sensitive areas of Dakshina Kannada and Bengaluru.
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been imposed in sensitive areas in the said districts.
In Udupi district, all the schools that reopened today witnessed normal attendance, Education Department sources said. Muslim girl students who reached the school campuses wearing hijabs, removed them before entering classes. Examinations scheduled for the day are also going on in the institutions.
The district administration has imposed Section 144 of CrPC around 200-metre radius of all high schools in the district from Monday till February 19 to maintain peace. (PTI)
Senior Advocate Kamat in the Karnataka High Court said that as core religious practices are concerned, they come from Article 25(1) and it is not absolute. He also said if the core religious practices harm or offend public order then it can be regulated.
High schools in Karnataka reopened on Monday after being shut from last Wednesday following untoward incidents in parts of the State over the hijab row.
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been imposed in sensitive areas in the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada, and Bengaluru.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday expressed confidence that peace and normalcy will prevail. He had also said that a decision regarding reopening of Pre-University and Degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situation.
The government on Friday said that the holiday announced to universities belonging to the department of Higher Education and colleges under the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE), in the wake of the raging Hijab row, has been extended till February 16. (PTI)
Amid the ongoing hijab row, Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan here on Monday said the bigger issues in Uttar Pradesh were those related to farmers, youth and the Lakhimpur Kheri episode.
Abdullah, son of jailed SP leader Azam Khan and MLA from the Suar seat in Rampur district, hit out at the BJP over a host of issues, including unemployment and COVID-19 management. “Do you think Azam Khan would have been in jail had there not been a BJP-led government in the state,” Abdullah sought to know from reporters as he went to cast his vote during the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Monday.
Taking a jibe at the Centre and the state government's ‘double-engine government', he said, “Everybody knows both the engines.” On the hijab row, Abdullah said, “The bigger issues are those of farmers, youth and Lakhimpur Kheri incident in these elections.”
“There should rather be a discussion about why the income of farmers could not be doubled, why 16 crore youth have not got jobs even as the BJP has completed nearly eight years in power. Who is responsible for the dead bodies floating in the Ganga during the pandemic?” he said. (PTI)
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Advocate Kamat in the Karnataka High Court referred to the Kerala High Court judgment in the AIPMT case which allowed the wearing of Hijab for the medical entrance test holding it to be an essential religious practice.
Read more about the case: Pre-Medical Test in Kerala: HC exempts 2 Muslim girls from dress code, with rider
Karnataka High Court on Monday began hearing petitions challenging the ban on hijab in schools and colleges. While hearing the case the High Court appealed to media to be more responsible while reporting on the issue.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat who is appearing for the petitioner, submits before the court, Government Order (ban on hijab) is a non-application of mind. He says this government order is in the teeth of Article 25 and it is not legally sustainable.
Tavleen Singh writes in her Opinion piece: When the Prophet of Islam urged women to dress modestly, he may not have realised that what modesty meant exactly would be determined by men. This is what has happened, and there is no point in pretending that wearing a hijab is a matter of choice. It is not. This is why the sight of young women demanding the ‘right’ to wear a hijab is distressing and to see liberal ladies with powerful voices back them up even more so.
The protest is no longer about Muslim girls being denied access to education but Muslim girls becoming unwitting pawns of political forces whose ideology and ideas are the opposite of the ideas that define India in our Constitution. Read more
Udupi Pejawar mutt chief Swami Vishwaprasanna Teertha appealed to all sections to avoid chaos and maintain peace on the day the Karnataka High Court is set to deliberate on the hijab ban.
In Udupi district, high schools reopened on Monday with Education Department sources saying that attendance was normal in all the institutions. Muslim girl students who reached the school campuses wearing hijabs, removed them before entering classes. Examinations scheduled for the day are also going on in the institution. (PTI)
Commerce students of the second Pre-University Course (PUC) at the government high school in Udupi, submitted a memorandum to the school on Monday demanding that offline classes be started at the earliest.
On Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said, “The decision regarding the reopening of pre-university and degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situation. The troublemakers will face legal action as schools up to Class X are reopening from Monday. The students must focus on examinations scheduled in March. Other things would be taken care of by investigative agencies."