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SC to set up bench to hear plea of girls for nod to take exam in headscarf
Updated On: 03 March, 2023 01:17 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The examinations are scheduled to be held after five days, the lawyer said, adding, "They have missed one year. They will miss another year"
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The Supreme Court on Friday said it will set up a three-judge bench to hear a plea of Muslim girl students to sit for examinations in Karnataka government schools while wearing hijab.
"I will create a bench," said a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala when a woman lawyer sought urgent hearing of the plea saying girls are on the verge of losing another academic year as the exams are being held in government schools which are not permitting wearing of headscarf.
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