SC verdict on Hijab row: Tight police security at colleges in Udupi

Udupi: In the wake of the Supreme Court verdict in the Hijab controversy, heavy police security has been provided to many colleges across the district on Friday.

Heavy police presence was seen at many colleges, including Government Girls’ Pre-University College, Women’s Degree College at Udupi Ajjarkad,  MGM College Udupi, and Government Pre-University College Kundapura.

Senior police officials including District Superintendent of Police Hackay Akshay Machindra Haque conducted an inspection of the security arrangements.

Supreme Court’s split verdict:

The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state.

While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court verdict, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them.

”There is divergence of opinion,” Justice Gupta, who was heading the bench, said at the outset while pronouncing the verdict.

In view of the split verdict, the bench directed that the appeals against the high court verdict be placed before the Chief Justice of India for constituting an appropriate larger bench.

(With PTI inputs)