Hijab Row: High Court dismisses petitions against hijab ban, Students feel betrayed

The Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday has given the final verdict on the hijab case. The court has dismissed all the petitions filed against the hijab ban. The High Court said that wearing hijab is not mandatory in Islam. A full bench of High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Kazi was constituted to hear the petition of the girls of Udupi. All these girls had urged the High Court to allow them to wear hijab along with school uniform in classes, saying it was part of their religious belief. 

Hijab is not an essential practice 

"We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith," three judges said, refusing to banish the state government's ban while dismissing petitions by students. 

Tight security arrangements

Tight security arrangements have been made across the state ahead of the High Court's decision. Section 144 has been imposed in Koppal, Gadag, Kalaburga, Davangere, Hassan, Shivamogga, Belgaum, Bangalore and Dharwad. 

"We are disappointed", said the students 

"We will not go to college without hijab because it is an essential part of the religion. Our fight will continue. We are disappointed with the high court judgement. We feel betrayed", said the students from Government PU College for Girls in Udupi, reported the Times of India. 

The judgement has suspended fundamental rights to freedom, said Owaisi 

On Tuesday, as reported by news agency IANS, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said that Karnataka high court's judgment on Hijab has suspended fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture, freedom of speech and expression. The Hyderabad MP said that the high court order has forced kids to choose between education and Allah's commands.