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Advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the petitioners, questioned whether women could be denied education on the basis of the clothes they wear.
Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi, appearing on behalf of the state in the Karnataka HC, said that for hijab to be a right under Article 25, it will have to be essential to religion, which will make it binding for all women who follow Islam.
The Karnataka High Court is hearing pleas seeking permission to wear hijab in educational institutions.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav's silence on the hijab controversy. Speaking to India TV, Owaisi said that Akhilesh considers Muslim votes as his 'property'.