{"id":202725,"date":"2022-10-15T01:26:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=202725"},"modified":"2022-10-15T01:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:56:58","slug":"dress-code-or-girl-child-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/10\/15\/dress-code-or-girl-child-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress code or girl child education?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karnataka Hijab Row<\/strong>
\nBy Insaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Karnataka hijab ban row is not easy to resolve. The two-judge bench of Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on Thursday last, seeking indulgence of Chief Justice Lalit for setting up an appropriate bench. In his 73-page judgement Justice Dhulia set aside the Karnataka High Court order, which refused to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions and quashed government order. He noted: \u201cVenturing into essential religious practice wasn\u2019t needed and the court took a wrong way. It was just a question of choice. One thing which was topmost for me was education of girl child\u2026Schools are not required to have the discipline and regimentation of a military camp\u2026 It\u2019s necessary to have discipline in schools. But discipline not at the cost of freedom, not at the cost of dignity.\u201d
\nWhereas in his 140-page judgment, Justice Gupta said: \u201cThe schools run by the State are open for admission irrespective of any religion, race, caste, language or any of them\u2026Even the Act (Karnataka Education Act-1983) mandates the students would be admitted without any restriction on such grounds. However, the students are required to follow the discipline of the school in the matter of uniform. They have no right to be in the school in violation of the mandate of the uniform prescribed under the statute and the rules.\u201d With differing opinion, how soon will the CJI give appropriate directions is the obvious question. But a bigger one is as Justice Dhulia asked: \u201canother question which school administration and state must answer is as to what is more important to them \u2014 education of a girl child or enforcement of a dress code\u2026It\u2019s common knowledge that a girl child primarily in rural and semi-rural areas has a lot of difficulties, has to do daily chores before she goes to school. Thereare other difficulties as well. Are we making her life any better?\u201d<\/p>\n

SS High & Low
\nShiv SenaUddhav Thackeray\u2019s faction is both on cloud nine and down in the mouth. On Thursday last, Bombay HC directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to accept a clerk, Latke\u2019s resignation, allowing her to file nomination for Andheri (East) bypoll, as its candidate. Noting municipal commissioner has discretionary power to accept resignation and waive notice period, the court said \u201cdiscretion is to be used for bonafide purposes. It\u2019s use or non-use in this case is arbitrary and\u00a0malafide.\u201d(The BMC first sat on resignation letter of Latke, whose late husband was sitting SS MLA, and once she did it took no decision). The HC gave relief, but Election Commission has got Uddhav discouraged. In a letter to ECI, he alleged \u2018bias\u2019 in allotting party symbols and name as it didn\u2019t give enough time to file its reply on Eknath Shinde\u2019s claims to \u2018bow and arrow\u2019 symbol. Plus, it \u201cuploaded its letter of giving preference for poll symbols and party names on its website, making it accessible to everyone, including rival faction.\u201d Recall, last week, ECI barred both sides from using party name and symbol, till the case is settled. Uddhav got \u2018SS-UddhavBalasaheb Thackeray\u2019 as name and \u2018flaming torch\u2019 as symbol (not his first preference) and Shinde \u2018Balasahebanchi SS\u2019 and \u2018two swords and a shield.\u2019 Shinde has been given \u201ca clear unfair advantage,\u201d is Uddhav\u2019s grudge. Or is he making ground for an upset in the first electoral test since the split?<\/p>\n

Impunity Against Hate Speech
\nThere\u2019s no stopping hate speech. The national Capital, Delhi, confirms yet again the impunity with which calls for violence against Muslim community are being made. On Sunday last, the VHP\u2019s Virat Hindu Sabha had two spiritual leaders Mahant Nawal Kishore Das, Yogeshwar Acharya and BJP leader Parvesh Verma indulging in crass hate speech. Shocking videos of their speeches went viral on social media. A sample: Acharya was heard saying, \u201cWe should target and kill them\u2026If such people point fingers at our temple, don\u2019t just chop off the fingers, chop off their hands. If need be, slit their necks. What\u2019s the worst that can happen? A few people will be hanged. We should be mindful, target them and kill them.\u201d Das urged Hindus: \u201cGet guns. Get licenses. If you don\u2019t get a license, don\u2019t worry. Those who come to kill you, do they have licences? So why do you need a licence?\u201d Verma said: \u201cIf you want to set their minds right, if you want to cure them, there is only one solution \u2014 complete boycott,\u201d and administered such an oath! What action was taken? The Delhi Police chose only to file an FIR saying prior police permission was not sought for the event. Suggesting damn an SC observation that the atmosphere of the nation was being sullied by hate speeches and that they need to be curbed. Who will bell the cats?<\/p>\n

Netaji & UP Politics
\nThe passing away of the tall samajwadi leader Mulayam Singh Yadav popularly known as \u2018Netaji\u2019 is a not just a loss to Uttar Pradesh alone but Indian politics. At his cremation atnative Saifai village,leaders across the political spectrum paid their respects. Though having worked tirelessly for uplift of weaker sections of society, the patriarch, failed on one front\u2014 bringing about a rapprochement between son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal. The bitterness between the two is well known with fissures appearing in 2012 and intensifying in 2016. However, with Netaji\u2019s passing away there are hints of the estranged family members coming together. Shivpal has said: \u201cNetaji had written a new saga of socialism. His ideology will be immortal. He used to take everyone along, I will also follow the same path.\u201d Not only did he add he sees a \u201cglimpse of Netaji in Akhilesh,\u201d but he would handle whatever responsibility is given to him. Will Akhilesh respond? The challenge ahead of him is bigger now.<\/p>\n

Gruesome Human Sacrifice
\nNot in God\u2019s own country! The horrific case of \u2018human sacrifice\u2019 at Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala has sent shock waves across the country. The exhumed bodies of two women on Tuesday last with breasts of one chopped off and the other body cut into 56 pieces uncovers a pervert and sadist mind. Three prime accused were remanded to two weeks jail custody. Shafi (52), is the pervert, who exploited fears of Bhagaval Singh (68), a massage therapist and his wife Laila (59) over their financial troubles. He conspired to conduct human sacrifice to bring \u2018prosperity in their life by pleasing the goddess in their favour\u2019. Investigation so far reveals the first woman went missing on September 26 and a CCTV visual of her getting into a car with Shafi to the couple\u2019s home, helped crack the case. On interrogation, police found the trio had murdered the second victim in June. One of the women was lured and brought to the Singh\u2019s home by offering her Rs 15,000 for sex work and the other persuaded by promising Rs 10 lakh to act in a porn film. The victims were tied to a cot before they were killed and Shafi used a knife to inflict severe injuries on their private parts. Possibility of the trio being engaged in \u2018cannibalism\u2019 is also being probed. Punishment must send a strong message. \u2014 INFA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karnataka Hijab Row By Insaf The Karnataka hijab ban row is not easy to resolve. The two-judge bench of Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on Thursday last, seeking indulgence of Chief Justice Lalit for setting up an appropriate bench. In his 73-page judgement Justice Dhulia set aside the Karnataka High Court order, which refused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}