After a government clarification, Bengaluru minority college officially permits hijab-wearing students to attend classes.

Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru has permitted pre-university students to attend class wearing the hijab along with the uniform after the state government clarified to the Karnataka High Court that bans on religious apparel will not apply to private, minority-run institutions. On the basis of an interpretation of the high court’s February 10 ruling prohibiting religious garb at colleges with uniforms or dress rules, the college had previously asked an Amritdhari Sikh girl in its pre-university division to remove her turban