Not Allowing Hijab In School 'Denial Of Secular Education': Kerala Government To Court

The Kerala government on Friday told the High Court here that not permitting a Muslim girl to wear her headscarf (hijab) to school was an "invasion" of her privacy and dignity and a "denial of her right to secular education".

The government said the right of the girl to wear a headscarf in her house and outside it, "does not stop at the school gate".