
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear next week a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state.
Appeals against Karnataka High Court decision in HIjab wearing cases. CJI N V Ramana says they will come up for hearing sometime next week before appropriate bench. @IndianExpress
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A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the matters were filed long back but were yet to be listed for hearing.
“The girls are losing out on studies,” Bhushan said.
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The bench said, “It will be listed sometime next week”.
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