Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1085 · Decided 13 October 2022
Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1085 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 426
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7095/2022
- Decided
- 13 October 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(1), 21, 25, 19(1)(a), 25(1), 25(2), 162
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Arts.14, 19 (1), 21 and 25 - Right to wear Hijab in Educational Institution - Freedom of Religion - Essential Religious Practice (ERP) - Right to Choice - On 03.02.2022, petitioners, students of Government Pre-University College in Udupi college gate and told to take off their Hijab before entering the college - As they refused to take off Hijab, they were denied entry in college by the administration - On 05.02.2022, Government Order (G.O.) was issued regarding 'a dress code for student of all schools and
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