Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on the campus of a university in Mumbai.
A division bench comprising Justices A S Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil of Bombay HC refused to interfere in the decision taken by a Mumbai city-based university and dismissed a petition filed by nine students challenging the decision of the university authorities. .
Earlier in July, students who have been studying in the second and third year of a science course acted against the directive issued by NG Acharya and DK Marathe College of the Chembur Trombay Education Society imposing a dress code prohibiting students wear hijab, niqab. , burqa, stole, cap, etc. inside the premises.
The petitioners claimed that such a directive was against their fundamental rights to practice their religion, their right to privacy and their right to choose.
The statement called the university's action "arbitrary, unreasonable, bad law and perverse."
Advocate Altaf Khan, representing the petitioners, distinguished this case from the Karnataka High Court judgment on the ban on hijab in junior colleges, pointing out that this case concerns final year college students who have a dress code but no uniform. Khan argued that the dress code was imposed through WhatsApp without any legal authority, in contrast to the Karnataka case where a pre-existing uniform policy was enforced. He claimed that the dress code violates the petitioners' right to choice, bodily integrity and autonomy.
Previously, university authorities stated that the decision was merely disciplinary and did not go against the Muslim community.
Senior advocate Anil Anturkar, appearing for the university management, said the dress code was for all students belonging to all religions and castes.
The girls, however, stated in their plea that such a directive was "nothing more than an apparent exercise of power."
A division bench comprising Justices A S Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil of Bombay HC refused to interfere in the decision taken by a Mumbai city-based university and dismissed a petition filed by nine students challenging the decision of the university authorities. .
Earlier in July, students who have been studying in the second and third year of a science course acted against the directive issued by NG Acharya and DK Marathe College of the Chembur Trombay Education Society imposing a dress code prohibiting students wear hijab, niqab. , burqa, stole, cap, etc. inside the premises.
The petitioners claimed that such a directive was against their fundamental rights to practice their religion, their right to privacy and their right to choose.
The statement called the university's action "arbitrary, unreasonable, bad law and perverse."
Advocate Altaf Khan, representing the petitioners, distinguished this case from the Karnataka High Court judgment on the ban on hijab in junior colleges, pointing out that this case concerns final year college students who have a dress code but no uniform. Khan argued that the dress code was imposed through WhatsApp without any legal authority, in contrast to the Karnataka case where a pre-existing uniform policy was enforced. He claimed that the dress code violates the petitioners' right to choice, bodily integrity and autonomy.
Previously, university authorities stated that the decision was merely disciplinary and did not go against the Muslim community.
Senior advocate Anil Anturkar, appearing for the university management, said the dress code was for all students belonging to all religions and castes.
The girls, however, stated in their plea that such a directive was "nothing more than an apparent exercise of power."
