The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to urgently hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that seeks to implement uniform dress code for students and staff in registered educational institutions to promote national unity and harmony and ensure equality. There was a demand to give directions to the states.
Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, before a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, urged that his PIL also be listed for hearing along with the appeals filed against the Karnataka High Court’s decision on the hijab controversy. Earlier on Wednesday, a bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli had taken cognizance of the plea of advocate Prashant Bhushan and listed the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order for hearing next week.
Initially Upadhyay said that it is a matter of uniform dress code. To this the bench said that we have told you many times. Don’t force us to repeat it. You file a PIL every day. How many cases have you filed? It seems like there is no regular affair going on. We don’t know, you come in every case. It will come at its appointed time. wait…
Upadhyay said the court had agreed to hear the hijab case on Wednesday. I had filed this PIL in February. Earlier in February, Nikhil Upadhyay through lawyers Ashwini Upadhyay and Ashwini Dubey had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court. In this, in view of the hijab controversy, there was a demand to implement uniform dress code in educational institutions.
The Supreme Court has given two more months to the central government to respond to a plea seeking implementation of a law or rule to ensure that citizens perform the fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution.
A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MM Sundaresh asked the government to file its reply within two months. During the hearing, Attorney General KK Venugopal told the bench that inputs have been sought from various departments and ministries and their response is awaited.
The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on September 26. On February 21, the Supreme Court issued notices to the Center and the states on a PIL filed by advocate Durga Dutt. In this, there has been a demand to bring a law to perform the fundamental duties of citizens enshrined in the Constitution.
The court had sought the government’s response on the steps taken till then to sensitize people and spread awareness about fundamental duties. The petition states that the Constitution has provided certain fundamental rights to the citizens, but the citizens are also required to follow certain basic norms of democratic conduct and democratic behavior as rights and duties go hand in hand.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to urgently hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that seeks to enforce uniform dress code for students and staff in registered educational institutions to promote national unity and harmony and ensure equality. There was a demand to give directions to the states.
Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, before a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, urged that his PIL also be listed for hearing along with the appeals filed against the Karnataka High Court’s decision on the hijab controversy. Earlier on Wednesday, a bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli had taken cognizance of the plea of advocate Prashant Bhushan and listed the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order for hearing next week.
Initially Upadhyay said that it is a matter of uniform dress code. To this the bench said that we have told you many times. Don’t force us to repeat it. You file a PIL every day. How many cases have you filed? It seems like there is no regular affair going on. We don’t know, you come in every case. It will come at its appointed time. wait…
Upadhyay said the court had agreed to hear the hijab case on Wednesday. I had filed this PIL in February. Earlier in February, Nikhil Upadhyay through lawyers Ashwini Upadhyay and Ashwini Dubey had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court. In this, in view of the hijab controversy, there was a demand to implement uniform dress code in educational institutions.
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