More Muslim women have registered for the exam after the ban on hijab, he claimed. From our data, Muslim sisters taking exams and their university admissions increased proportionally after the “hijab issue”.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has dismissed the petition for immediate enrollment in government educational institutions in Karnataka for permission to sit for examinations wearing hijab.

“I will constitute a bench (to decide the matter),” Chief Justice of India Dhananjay Jaswant Chandrachud said when a lawyer filed a petition for an urgent hearing on the grounds that many students may lose a year of their education as they are not allowed to appear in the exams, which begin March 9. will do’

The Supreme Court of India will remain closed from March 6 to March 13 on the occasion of Holi.

On 15 March 2022, a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi ruled that wearing hijab is not an ‘essential religious practice’. This paved the way for a ban on the hijab in pre-university colleges in the Indian state.

8 Muslim students approached the court after they were not allowed to enter the class for wearing hijab.

On January 1, 2022, the College Development Council (CDC) banned the wearing of hijab on college and school campuses. As a result, students protested outside the college building.

The college authorities claim that wearing the hijab in the classroom was never allowed. By February last year, the controversy had spread across India. Many students protested differently by wearing ocher colored shawls.

On February 3, a video of the principal of a government PU college slamming a gate on the faces of at least 25 hijab-wearing students went viral, sparking protests across the country.

Since then the situation in Karnataka has worsened. Hard-right groups have demanded restrictions on halal meat, loudspeakers, Muslim participation in fairs organized by Hindu temples, and restrictions on members of the Hindu community engaging in business with Muslims.