Seven teachers in Karnataka’s Gadag district were suspended for allowing girl students to wear the hijab as they appeared for the SSLC exams.
The exams were held at CS Patil Boys High School and CS Patil Girls High School in Gadag. Two centre superintendents have also been suspended.
On March 15, Karnataka High Court’s three-judge bench dismissed all the petitions challenging the ban on hijab inside Karnataka schools. The court ruled that wearing hijabs does not fall under the essential practice of Islam.
It also observed that the restrictions on wearing of uniforms were reasonable and that the students cannot oppose it.