The Supreme Court of India has delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgement refusing to lift the ban on wearing of hijabs in educational institutions of the state.
While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court verdict, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them.
"There is divergence of opinion," Justice Gupta said at the outset while pronouncing the verdict.
In view of the split verdict, the bench directed that the appeals against the high court verdict be placed before the Chief Justice of India for constituting an appropriate larger bench.
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