Karnataka Hijab Controversy News Live:  Even as different religious symbols such as bangles and turbans are common in Indian society, the government targeting only Muslim women for their headscarves is an example of “hostile discrimination”, the advocate for petitioners told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday during the hearing on the hijab row. He also argued that the discrimination is even starker because there is no prescribed uniform for students in pre-university colleges in the state and as a consequence there is no rule that imposes a ban on the hijab.

Meanwhile, colleges across Karnataka reopened under heavy police cover Wednesday to chaotic scenes outside several institutions with authorities refusing entry to hijab-wearing students prompting several girls to return home without attending classes.