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Allahabad HC rejects plea to wear hijab with school uniform
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a minor student’s plea seeking permission to wear a hijab with her school uniform. A bench of Justices JJ Munir and Indrajeet Shukla passed the order…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a minor student’s plea seeking permission to wear a hijab with her school uniform. A bench of Justices JJ Munir and Indrajeet Shukla passed the order on 21 August.
The court said the petitioner had not provided sufficient pleadings or authoritative religious material to establish that wearing a headscarf was an essential religious practice. It also held that earlier permission to wear one did not create an enforceable right to continue doing so.
LiveLaw reports that the court upheld the school’s authority to enforce a uniform that is uniform, non-discriminatory and intended to maintain discipline and institutional identity. The court said it found no reason to depart from the Karnataka High Court’s 2022 view, while noting that the Supreme Court has no final ruling because of a split verdict in Aishat Shifa.
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The two accounts agree on the dismissal and the court’s finding that the religious-practice claim lacked supporting material. Hindustan Times gives greater space to the court’s religious reasoning, while LiveLaw adds the school’s uniform-policy defence and the unresolved Supreme Court position. The ruling therefore addresses both the evidence offered by the student and the institution’s power to enforce dress rules, without finally settling the wider constitutional issue. Its immediate effect is on this admission dispute, while the Supreme Court’s split verdict leaves the broader legal position unsettled.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), livelaw.in (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
