The Hijab controversy that emerged in Karnataka is a big issue we see in recent times. Despite the issue being from the state, it spread to a few other states and protests broke out in many places. The issue eventually reached the Supreme Court after students challenged the High Court’s verdict.
Earlier, the Karnataka High Court said it is not compulsory for women to wear Hijab as per Islam. But the students did not give up and moved the Supreme Court. The case has been going with the top court and the two-bench judge of the Supreme Court gave its verdict.
But the verdict made the issue even more sensitive as the two judges gave different verdicts. While Justice Hemant Gupta supported the ban on hijabs in educational institutions, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said the ban should be removed. Many hoped that the bench would sort out the issue.
As per the procedure, if the bench gives different verdicts in any matter then the issue will be sent to the Chief Justice Of India and the top judge will take a call on this and will give appropriate directions.
There are two possibilities here. One is, the Chief Justice Of India would give directives either to continue the ban or remove the ban. The second possibility is that the matter would be sent to a bigger bench with more judges, and the opinion of the judges would be made final.
As the suspense on the Hijab issue goes further, let us get into the issue and know how the controversy popped up. The Government PU College For Girls in Karnataka’s Udipi directed Muslim students to not come in hijabs to colleges as there is a dress code that needs to be followed.
The Muslim girl students said that they have been coming in the same dress and asked what is the issue now. But the administration did not listen and made it clear that no religious dress would be allowed. When the Muslim students wore Hijabs, Hindu students started wearing saffron shawls and this led to tense situations.
Multiple protests broke out in Karnataka and other places in the country. The issue reached the Karnataka High Court and the Chief Justice said as per Islam it is not necessary to wear a hijab. Later the issue was taken to the Supreme Court and it has now become even more complicated.