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Supreme Court To Consider Listing Plea On Karnataka Hijab Controversy

Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal sought transfer of the ongoing case & hearing by the nine-judge bench. 

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The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider a submission seeking the listing of a plea for transferring a case on the hijab row from the Karnataka High Court to itself.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the high court is seized of  the case and should be allowed to continue with the hearing and decide it.

Seeking transfer of the case and hearing by a nine-judge bench at the top court, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said, 바카라The problem is that schools and colleges are closed. Girls are being stoned. It바카라s spreading across the country.바카라

After being told by Sibal that he did not want any order and only listing of the plea, the CJI said, 바카라We will see.바카라

On Wednesday, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice  Ritu Raj Awasthi constituted a full bench, comprising himself and Justices Krishna S Dixit and J M Khazi, which will look into the hijab matter on Thursday.

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