Justice Hemant Gupta on Thursday dismissed a batch of 26 appeals filed against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court in the Hijab ban case. He maintained that wearing hijab is not a part of Essential Religious practice (ERP) under Islam and the Karnataka government order serves the purpose of access to education.
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a split verdict in the Karnataka Hijab ban case as Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed appeals challenging the High Court’s order which had upheld the state government’s directive to ban wearing hijabs in educational institutions of the state, while Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed the appeals and set aside the High Court order.