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Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, was whisked away by Morality Police in Tehran for not completely covering her hair with hijab

“Ambedkar’s statement, although he was a pillar, is a deeply offensive statement. It is not a statement that should be repeated in India, great though he may have been. (It was a) totally biased statement,” senior advocate Gonsalves, representing some of the Muslim girls, said to SC.

Criticising Onam celebrations by hijab-clad girls, the AIMPLB said hijab is a symbol of ‘modesty and chastity’.

Advocate Nizamuddin Pasha argued that Hijab is mandatory in Islam and cited Quranic verses in the Supreme Court

"If the right to dress is claimed as an absolute fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution, then right to undress would also qualify as one", the Court remarked on Devdatt Kamat's argument.

As per the Pakistan Police Act, if there is a woman among those apprehended, the presence of a lady constable is required in such images.

The Police had denied permission to all the seven Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamath members for staging protest against Hijab ban.

The Karnataka HC had in March stated that the petitioners failed to prove that hijab is an essential religious practice in Islam and educational institutions in the state can mandate dress codes.

Men are also showing solidarity as Iranian women remove their headscarves to protest ultra-conservative laws.

Under Islamic law, which has been in effect in Iran since the 1979 revolution, women are required to wear a hijab.