Karnataka: Muslim groups call for bandh over hijab verdict

Muslim have called for a bandh on Thursday 17 March to protest the Karnataka High Court’s verdict upholding the ban on wearing of hijab in educational institutions.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Wednesday said it will consider listing an appeal challenging the HC verdict after the Holi recess. Chief Justice of



India N V Ramana told senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, who sought urgent listing, Others also mentioned

The six Muslim girls of a government pre-university college in the coastal town of Udupi, whose pleas in the HC for the right to attend classes wearing hijabs were dismissed Tuesday, did not turn up for classes Wednesday.