NEW DELHI, 11 February 2022, (TON): An interim order passed by a court in India’s southern Karnataka state advised the students against wearing religious garments until it announces final verdict on petition filed against colleges barring Muslim students from wearing hijab.

According to Indian media “the Karnataka High Court on Thursday said that the matter would be heard again on Monday to decide if schools and colleges can order students not to wear the hijab in classrooms.”

"These matters give rise to certain constitutional questions of seminal importance in view of certain aspects of personal law," the judge hearing the case was quoted as saying while referring it to a panel of judges to be led by the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court.

However, the counsel for the petitioners objected to the interim order, saying it amounts to “suspension of our rights”.