Tag: Karnataka Government

The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court that the dress code was issued in February last year to maintain the 'secular character' of educational institutions and not from a religious point of view. Hearing the hijab-controversy case, the government on Tuesday told the apex court that not only hijab but also saffron shawls have been banned in government and government-aided educational institutions in Karnataka. Central Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared on behalf of the Karnataka government in a bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. He said that cases against the dress code have been deliberately filed with the help of the extremist organization 'Popular Front of India' (PFI). He also claimed that there was no unrest in Karnataka over any demand for the...