Supreme Court To Hear Appeals Against High Court's Hijab Order Tomorrow
NDTV
A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the pleas tomorrow, the first working day of the new Chief Justice of India UU Lalit.
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a batch of appeals challenging the Karnataka High Court's order which had upheld the state government's order to ban hijabs in school and college classrooms.
A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the pleas tomorrow, the first working day of the new Chief Justice of India UU Lalit.
Earlier, the pleas were mentioned before a bench headed by the then CJI NV Ramana for urgent hearing on several occasions but the case was not listed for hearing.
The appeals were filed in the top court challenging the order upholding the Karnataka government's order which directed strict enforcement of schools and colleges' uniform rules.
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