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As the BJP and the Congress traded fresh barbs over the hijab controversy, a single judge of the Karnataka High Court observed there were constitutional questions of seminal importance in view of certain aspects of personal law and referred the matter to its Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday night constituted a full bench comprising himself, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice J M Khazi to look into the case. The matter will be heard on Thursday. Justice Dixit, the single judge who was hearing since Tuesday a batch of petitions against the Hijab ban in classrooms filed by Muslim students from Udupi district, earlier in the day maintained that these matters give rise to certain constitutional questions of seminal importance in view of certain aspects of personal law.
“In view of the enormity of questions of importance which were debated, the court is of the considered opinion that the Chief Justice should decide if a larger bench can be constituted in the subject matter,” he said.
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