Lagatar24 Desk
Udupi, Feb 8: On Tuesday, new protests erupted on the campus of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi, with a group of students wearing hijab and another group of students wearing saffron stoles-headgears raising slogans.
#WATCH | Protests erupt at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi as students wearing hijab & another group of students wearing saffron stoles-headgears raise slogans on college campus.
Karnataka HC to hear a plea today against hijab ban in several junior colleges of state. pic.twitter.com/f65loUWFLP
— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2022
The Karnataka High Court is set to hear petitions from students at the Government Pre-University College for Girls in Udupi, who are requesting permission to attend lessons while wearing hijab. By midday, a bench led by Justice Krishna S Dixith is scheduled to rule on the matter.
After a few students at Udupi Government Pre-University College were thrown out of class for wearing headscarves, the hijab debate began. The students refused to attend courses without the hijab, while the college administration, on the other hand, was adamant that they could only do so if they refused to wear it, citing its uniform policy.
