HIJAB ROW :” EXAMS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE”;SUPREME COURT DECLINES EARLY HEARING OF HIJAB PLEAS

(The Quiver) : The  Supreme court on Thursday declined to give any specific date for the hearing of the hijab pleas challenging the Karnataka high court order. The case was scheduled to be mentioned before the Chief justice of India on Thursday for urgent listing.

Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat on Thursday, appealed the Apex Court for urgency hearing because of the impending exams. He said,”The students have their exams on March 28 and if they are not allowed inside the clsassroom without hijab they will lose a year”.

Chief Justice NV Ramana declined the urgent hearing on hijab saying, “Exams have nothing to do with the issue. Don’t sensitize.” Earlier, the top court refused to urgently hear the appeal and posted the matter after Holi break. 

According to reports, many students skipped exams owing to the hijab ban. Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh said no re-exams will be taken for those who skipped exams as there is no such provision. “Whatever the Court has said, we will abide by it. Being absent from exams will only be the prime factor and not the reason, whether it may be because of hijab row or ill-health or inability to attend or for not having studied. In the final exam- absent means absent- repeat exams cannot be held”.

Meanwhile, the high court judges Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice Khazi M Jaibunnisa who have passed the hijab verdict are provided with Y category security after they complained of receiving death threats.