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From Udupi Flashpoint To Fresh Political Debate: Hijab Row Returns

From Udupi Flashpoint To Fresh Political Debate: Hijab Row Returns

While the Congress government maintains that the move is a fulfillment of its pre-election promise, critics see it as a...

16 May 2026 7:47 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (PTI)

Govt raising Hijab issue to cover up its failures: Bommai targets...

When the Hijab is not banned where is the question of lifting the ban, he questioned.

24 Dec 2023 11:31 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

SC to consider setting up 3-judge bench to hear Karnataka Hijab ban...

A two judge bench of the apex court had on October 13, last year delivered opposing verdicts in the hijab controversy

23 Jan 2023 12:13 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Saeed Naqvi | Hijab in Iran & India: Some enlightenment for SC judges

To beat Internet restrictions in Iran, America provided the “Liberation Technology” movement of the Obama...

24 Oct 2022 3:18 AM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

SC gives 1:1 split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban, matter goes to CJI

Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the petitions against the hijab ban, while Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them

13 Oct 2022 11:05 AM IST

Students of government Pre-University college in Kundapur town wearing hijab arrive at their college in Udupi district in Karnataka. (Dinesh Rayappana Matt / AFP file)

SC to deliver judgement in Karnataka hijab ban matter today

The bench had reserved its verdict on the pleas on September 22 after hearing arguments in the matter for 10 days

13 Oct 2022 10:02 AM IST

Female Muslim students protest after they were denied entry into an educational institute while wearing a hijab, in Chikmagalur. (Photo: PTI)

SC likely to pronounce verdict in Karnataka hijab ban matter this week

Several pleas have been filed in the apex court challenging the Karnataka high court verdict

10 Oct 2022 12:19 PM IST

Supreme Court (ANI)

SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC-'s order upholding Hijab ban

The Hijab row erupted in January this year when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred 6 girls wearing the...

5 Sept 2022 1:31 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Hijab row: SC issues notice to Karnataka on pleas against HC order

A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued notice to the state on the pleas and posted them for...

29 Aug 2022 11:55 AM IST

Students leave after they were not allowed to attend classes while wearing Hijab, at Dr G Shankar Government Womens First Grade College in Udupi. (Photo: PTI)

SC to hear next week pleas against Karnataka HC order refusing to lift...

Bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of...

13 July 2022 12:00 PM IST

Students sanitise their hands and undergo thermal testing before appearing for the Karnataka 2nd PUC (Pre-University Certificate) Board exams, in Chikmagalur, Friday, April 22, 2022. (PTI)

Second year PU exam starts amid tight security in Karnataka

Students from Udupi who had approached the HC challenging the hijab ban return home as they were not allowed to write...

22 April 2022 12:58 PM IST

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri. (Photo: AFP)

Not needed: Muskaan-'s father on Al-Qaeda chief-'s video

-'There is government, there is law, there is police; they will take a future course of action,-' Khan said

7 April 2022 3:09 PM IST