The Supreme Court docket on Friday (August 9, 2024) partially stayed the round of a Mumbai school, which banned the sporting of hijab, burqa and niqab within the school campus. The court docket mentioned that if the faculty’s intention was to cease the show of non secular religion of the lady college students, then why was the tilak and bindi not banned.
The court docket additionally mentioned that the lady college students ought to have the liberty to decide on what they put on. The Supreme Court docket additionally mentioned that academic establishments can’t impose their alternative on the lady college students.
A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued discover to ‘Chembur Trombay Training Society’, which runs ‘NG Acharya and DK Marathe Faculty’, and has sought its reply by November 18.
The bench has additionally requested for a ‘costume code’ for Muslim college students. “The lady college students ought to be free to decide on what they wish to put on and the faculty can’t pressurise them… It’s unlucky that you simply all of a sudden come to know that there are such a lot of religions within the nation,” the bench instructed the faculty administration, which is on the centre of a recent controversy over the difficulty. “The lady college students ought to be free to decide on what they wish to put on and the faculty can’t pressurise them… It’s unlucky that you simply all of a sudden come to know that there are such a lot of religions within the nation.”
The court docket requested senior advocate Madhavi Divan, showing for the Instructional Society, whether or not the names of the scholars don’t reveal their spiritual id?
Nevertheless, the bench mentioned the lady college students can’t be allowed to put on burqa contained in the classroom nor can any spiritual exercise be allowed on the campus.
The bench mentioned its interim order shouldn’t be misused by anybody and in case of any misuse, the “Instructional Society” can be liable for a similar. And gave freedom to the faculty to strategy the court docket.
The apex court docket was listening to a petition difficult the Bombay Excessive Court docket verdict upholding the faculty’s determination to ban hijab, burqa and niqab contained in the campus.
Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves and advocate Abiha Zaidi, showing for Zainab Abdul Qayyum and different petitioners, mentioned that as a result of ban, the lady college students will not be in a position to attend courses.
