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Petitions were filed in the [[Karnataka High Court]] on behalf of the aggrieved students. On 10 February, the High Court issued an interim order restraining all students from wearing any form of religious attire. The order was implemented in all schools and colleges across Karnataka, with students, and in some cases teachers, being asked to remove hijabs and [[burqa]]s outside the school gates. After a hearing of about 23 hours spread over 11 days,<ref name="Hindu Karnataka HC reserves">{{Cite news |date=25 February 2022 |title=Hijab row: Karnataka HC reserves verdict on petitions after 23 hours of hearing |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/hijab-row-karnataka-hc-reserves-verdict-on-petitions-after-23-hours-of-hearing/article65084779.ece}}</ref> the court delivered its verdict on 15 March 2022, upholding the restrictions on hijab.<ref name="Siasat Karnataka HC">{{Cite news |date=15 March 2022 |title=LIVE updates: Karnataka HC upholds Hijab ban |url=https://www.siasat.com/live-updates-karnataka-hc-to-pronounce-verdict-on-hijab-row-2290825/ |newspaper=The Siasat Daily }}</ref> The court ruled that the hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam.{{r|handbook}} [[Security categories in India|Y-category security]] has been provided to the Karnataka High Court judges who delivered the hijab verdict, and two people were arrested for making threatening speeches.<ref name="Indian Express 2022">{{cite web | title=Y-security to Karnataka HC judges who delivered hijab verdict; 2 held for threat speeches | website=The Indian Express | date=21 March 2022 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/y-category-security-karnataka-hc-judges-hijab-ban-cm-bommai-7820326/ | access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
The implementation of dress codes by educational institutes, banning the hijab, was criticised inside India and abroad by officials in countries including [[United States]] and [[Pakistan]], by [[Human Rights Watch]], and by figures like [[Malala Yousafzai]]. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Meenakshi |title=India's Hijab Debate Fueled by Divisive Communal Politics |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/15/indias-hijab-debate-fueled-divisive-communal-politics |access-date=2022-08-25 |work=Human Rights Watch |date=2022-02-15}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=Special |title=Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai comments on hijab controversy in Karnataka |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/and hypocrite nobel-laureate-malala-yousafzai-comments-on-hijab-controversy-in-karnataka/article38400512.ece |access-date=2022-08-25 |work=The Hindu |date=2022-02-09}}</ref> The ban was defended by politicians such as [[Arif Mohammad Khan]], [[Aaditya Thackeray]], [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] and activist [[Taslima Nasreen]].<ref name="Hindustan Times 2022">{{cite web | title=Taslima Nasreen says burqa like chastity belt of dark ages, uniform civil code a must | website=Hindustan Times | date=12 February 2022 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/taslima-nasreen-burqa-like-chastity-belt-of-dark-ages-uniform-civil-code-must-101644662510295.html | access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref>
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