On Wednesday, the Supreme Court observed that the Karnataka Government had the power to mandate school uniforms.
As the court was hearing the petitions that challenged the Karnataka hijab ban, the bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia remarked, “The powers they have. You may argue that their circular could be violative of any statutory provision but to say that they don’t have the power may not be correct,” as quoted by the Hindustan Times.
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmedi was representing a petitioner to whom the bench told, “Even if a wrong section is mentioned in the circular, it will not matter much. The difference between a statutory order and an executive order has been done away with after a judgment of this court. Once they have the power to do something, it does not matter really if a wrong section is mentioned…and powers, they have,” as quoted by the Hindustan Times.
The case will be heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday.
