The Supreme Court has filed a new petition to challenge the Karnataka High Court’s interim order banning students from wearing religious attire at universities. A student who filed a petition for special permission said the interim order called into question the conscience choices of individuals, especially those of Muslim female students. In addition to the ex parte temporary suspension of operations by the challenged order passed by the Karnataka High Court on February 10, 2022, the petitioner also sought an ex parte temporary suspension of operations in the High Court by the Coordination Court, Livelaw reported.

It said the petitioners produced the text of the LiveLaw live tweets of the Karnataka High Court proceedings as the High Court has not issued a copy of the order.

The full bench of the Karnataka High Court heard the hijab ban case on Thursday and said it hoped the matter would be resolved soon, but until the matter remains unresolved, students are not allowed to wear religious attire in schools and universities to maintain peace and tranquility.

When the chief justice made the interim order, lawyers for the Muslim students argued that the interim order would amount to a suspension of rights. “We are told to choose between food and water, both are essential,” the lawyer said.

“It’s only a matter of days. Please cooperate,” the chief justice said.

Lawyers have argued that a person cannot be asked to suspend their faith for a few days, with the chief justice saying, “We will restrict everyone from practicing their religion during the hearing.”

Apart from the student’s plea, Youth Congress president BV Srinivas filed a new appeal on the same line to the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Earlier on Thursday, Kapil Sibal referred to the request for the hojab row before the bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana, and the Supreme Court said it would consider filing an application seeking The list of cases on the hijab line is from the Karnataka High Court itself.

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