Wearing of hijab is not Essential Religious Practice in Islam: HC

Smt Resham Vs State of Karnataka (Karnataka High Court) Hon’ble Karnataka High Court held that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith. In order to establish their case, claimants have to plead and prove that wearing of hijab is a religious requirement and it is a part of ‘essential religious practice’ in Islam in the light of a catena of decision of the Apex Court that ultimately ended with INDIAN YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION. The same has already been summarized by us above. All these belong to the domain of facts. In NARA...