Hijab Row Live Updates: Schools, colleges closed in Udupi and Shivamogga, Section 144 in Bengaluru and Karnataka HC as Hasan to pronounce verdict today

While Section 144 is in force in Hassan, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Dharwad and Davangere. Prohibitory orders were also imposed in Bengaluru city, which will remain in force for a week. Sources said that more than 10,000 policemen will be deployed across the city, with additional reserve police force and city armed reserve also on duty. Apart from this, the DCP has been asked to keep a watch on social media.

In Vijayapura, any gathering, movement or protest of any kind is prohibited within a radius of 200 meters from the gates of schools, pre-university colleges, degree colleges or other similar educational institutions. Sources told News18 that security has also been beefed up outside schools and colleges in Uttara Kannada district. Dakshina Kannada DC Rajendra KV on Tuesday ordered holiday in all schools and colleges. “External examinations will be held as per schedule but internal examinations of all schools and colleges will be postponed,” he said. The Deputy Commissioner of Kalaburagi also declared holiday for schools and colleges on Tuesday and imposed Section 144 in the district. “In view of yesterday’s decision on the hijab controversy, the district administration has imposed section 144 from 8 pm today till 6 am on March 19. All educational institutions in the district will remain closed tomorrow,” the Deputy Commissioner, Kalaburgi announced.

The verdict will be pronounced by a three-judge bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S Dixit and JM Khaji. The hearing before the bench lasted for 11 days when the court had reserved its verdict on February 25. The bench on the first day of hearing passed an interim order directing the students not to wear hijab, saffron shawl (saffron) or use any religious flag. While attending classes in colleges that have a prescribed uniform.

The controversy over wearing the hijab in classes began in December 2021, when six students of the Government Pre-University College for Girls were denied admission to a class because they were wearing headscarves.

While the court was considering her plea, protests against hijab broke out in several colleges in the state, with Hindu students wearing saffron shawls to protest against wearing hijab in educational institutions.

The Board of Pre-University Education had issued a circular stating that students can wear only uniforms approved by the school administration and no other religious dress will be allowed in colleges.

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