The civil rights body has urged the concerned authorities to bring the Uttarakhand high court's order, prohibiting social media debates by the parties, to the notice of all media houses by issuing a press release.
The bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia have made headline-grabbing remarks in the course of the last nine hearings, the outcome of which will affect thousands of girl students in Karnataka.
A study published by the People's Union for Civil Liberties said that the hijab ban is widening the social divide among communities, leading to ghettoisation of education, social isolation and fear among Muslim students.
On June 13 last year, the police had registered an FIR against members of the tribal community, claiming that they were caught with arms, and the CRPF’s elite CoBRA allegedly fired upon them in self-defence.
A joint report by several rights groups has identified numerous instances of violence by Hindutva groups against minorities in the state and the police's reluctance to apprehend the offenders.