Karnataka hijab row Live Updates: After Karnataka HC’s interim order, police stage route march in Udupi
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Following Karnataka HC’s interim order restraining students from wearing hijab, saffron shawls within classrooms, the police on Friday staged a route march in Udupi. The parents of six Muslim girl students, who are protesting for their right to wear hijab at the pre-university college in Udupi, meanwhile lodged a complaint with the police that the personal details of their children are being shared by some people on social media. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court declined to give urgent listing for hearing a Special Leave Petition against Karnataka High Court’s direction regarding the hijab petitions. An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the direction of the Karnataka High Court that has asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutions which can instigate people, till the matter is resolved. The plea filed by a student has sought a stay on the direction of the high court, which is hearing the hijab issue, as well as the proceedings going on before the three-judge bench. The appeal contended that the high court has sought to curtail the fundamental right of Muslim student women by not allowing them to wear the hijab.Karnataka Thursday recorded 5,019 new Covid-19 cases, 39 deaths with a positivity rate of 4.25 per cent. The capital, Bengaluru alone logged 2,315 fresh infections and 17 related deaths. The active cases in the state currently stand at 52,013.