Mangalore, September 24: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S R Nayak on Saturday suggested to embark on a legal battle over the 'scarf issues' often being reported from different educational institutions of the state and country, where Muslim girls were not allowed to wear head scarf.
Reacting to the case of Hadiya Iqbal, a second year student of Jain PU College, Moodbidri, who was forced to discontinue her studies as she is not allowed to cover her head with the dupatta of her uniform, Nadoja Nayak said such issues were a matter of concern.
Hadiya gave a written complaint against the college management to Mr Nayak at the public grievance meeting organised at the Auditorium of DC office, here.
The college management has not permitted Hadiya to attend classes using the uniform shawl as head scarf (hijab) and she is not attending classes since more than two months now.
Advising Ms Hadiya to take her case before the constitutional bench of Supreme Court, Mr Nayak opined it was one of the easy ways to find a permanent solution to the scarf issue in education institutions of the country.
Pledging all possible support to the girl through his panel, he also asked her to submit a detailed report about her problem.
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