Hemant Gupta of the Supreme Court says that the hijab cannot be compared to Sikh practises in the Karnataka Hijab Row.

Aishat Shifa versus the State of Karnataka While listening to petitions opposing the Karnataka High Court’s ban on wearing the hijab at educational institutions, Justice Hemant Gupta said aloud that Sikhism’s religious traditions are “deeply engrained in the Indian culture.” He scorned the comparisons between the Christian cross, Hindu tikas, and Sikhs’ turbans and kirpans. Justice Gupta said that comparing […]