Karnataka hijab ban verdict challenged in Supreme Court

A petition was moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka high court order rejecting pleas challenging ban on hijab in the educational institutions across Karnataka. 

Niba Naaz, a student filed the petition against the Karnataka high court order which stated that hijab is not an essential part of Islam, thereby underlining the Basavaraj Bommai government’s restriction on the use of headscarves by Muslim women in the educational institutions.