The Karnataka High Court Thursday adjourned hearing in petitions filed by Muslim girls studying in government pre-university colleges in Udupi against the government ban on Hijabs in classrooms. The court will resume hearing the pleas on Friday, after state advocate general Prabhuling Navadgi sought time to respond to the petitions. The AG told the court that he was awaiting some orders from the state government. The full bench of the High Court remarked that the state can modify its government order. The court also dismissed one of the petitions filed by a social activist saying: “We will dismiss this petition. It is not maintainable. We will dismiss your petition with costs. You are testing our nerves.” Students wearing hijab continued to be denied entry to colleges across Karnataka despite the state higher education minister clarifying that the Karnataka High Court’s interim order was not applicable for graduate (or degree) students. Earlier this week, Higher Education Minister CN Ashwath Narayan had said students can wear hijab if they wished as all the colleges that come under higher education department may not follow the dress code. Colleges in Karnataka generally do not have a dress code. A circular was released by the pre-University education board stating that students can only wear the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious practices will be allowed in colleges. The students opposed the decision and began protests in campuses. This petition seeks to end this unconstitutional behaviour by the custodians of the constitution, and seeks to call the “body of benchers” to book, end the forced removal of modest dressing before Law can be practised and seeks a free, fair and equal treatment to all persons irrespective of age, sex, religion or nationality.