Karnataka, January 19 (KMS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has paid Rs 88 lakh to advocates who argued on behalf of the state government of Karnataka in hijab ban case.
The Karnataka government was represented in the case by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General of India KM Nataraj.
A report published by an investigative digital publication, The File, revealed that Mehta was paid Rs 39.60 lakh and Nataraj was paid Rs 48.40 lakh for arguing the case. Mehta appeared in court nine times while Narataj appeared in court eleven times in the case, it said.
The two advocates received Rs 4.4 lakh per hearing as remuneration, the report claimed.
The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General for India and is the second highest law officer in the country.
In February 2022, a dispute pertaining to school uniforms was reported in Karnataka after Muslim students of a college wearing hijab were denied entry in the classes.
In the following weeks, the dispute spread to other schools and colleges across the state. During all this period, groups of Hindutva students wearing saffron scarves harassed the Muslim students.
On 5 February, the state government issued an order saying that uniforms must be worn compulsorily where policies exist and no exception can be made for the wearing of the hijab.
Several educational institutions citing this order denied entry to Muslim girls wearing the hijab.
Source – https://www.kmsnews.org/kms/2023/01/19/bjp-paid-rs-88-lakh-to-advocates-who-argued-on-behalf-of-karnataka-govt-in-hijab-ban-case-report.html
