Thread by @GorwayGlobal

#Hijab #HijabBan in educational institutions, the #Courts and #G20 What's the link?
A short thread.
@LiveLawIndia reported that the Supreme Court will look at the Hijab Ban case soon

When the Judges look at it again, I would submit that they should consider it solely on the basis of individual rights based on personal choice in the matter of dress and attire where the choice poses neither threat noor risk of harm to any third person.
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To bring religion into the question before the Court would be to conflate the matter beyond logic. It is not the Court's role in a secular democracy to decide matters of religion or religious practice - questions that are best left in the private domain for individuals to decide.

The Court must in my view also have regard to International agreements that India has signed up to. At the recent #G20 Foreign Ministers meeting on 1-2 March 2023 India as the #G20President agreed as follows:

Holding the #G20Presidency comes with the privilege of setting the agenda/priorities for the rest of the G20. It brings with it also the responsibility to lead. Leadership means to live the values you profess. India cannot afford to do the opposite of what it signed up to.

If the hijab ban was upheld by the Supreme Court, it would mean the Judges were colluding with the State in showing 2 fingers to what the Government of India just agreed. India cannot preach "non-discriminatory equal access" to the world and practice the opposite at home.

If the promise to "..promote non-discriminatory, unbiased and equal access at all levels for all women to education,.." is not to be seen as empty rhetoric then the Supreme Court must help India by striking down the Hijab ban.

The Hijab Ban is patently DISCRIMINATORY, manifestly BIASED and clearly denies EQUAL ACCESS for a section of India's women and girls to education. Dont let the bigots who argue about what is and is not religious practice cloud your mind; It's about individual rights.