Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangam (Sys) vs. Chief Secretary

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 7095/2022

AISHAT SHIFA

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Date : 13-10-2022 These matters were called on for pronouncement of Judgment today.

Counsel for the
parties	Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
	Mr. K.M. Natraj, ASG
	Mr. Prabhuling Navadgi, Adv. General
	Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Nikhil Goel, AAG
	Mr. Prasanna Deshpande, AAG
	Mr. Aruna Shyam, AAG

Mr. YH Vijay Kumar, AAG Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Aneesh Shahade, Adv. Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv. Mr. Niroop Sukirthy, Adv. Mohd. Ovais, Adv. Mr. Sushal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Adithya Koshi Roy, Adv. Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sriram, Adv. Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chengappa KK, Adv. Mr. Aditya Vaibhav Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Aneesh Shahade, Adv. Mr. Kartik Kaushal, Adv. Mr. Siddharta Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. H. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Vidhi T., Adv. Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, Adv. Ms. Koshy John, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv. Mr. Mohd. Tahir, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Azaruddin, Adv. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Ms. Masoom Raj Singh, Adv. Ms. Ritika Singh, Adv. Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Raghav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shahrukh Ali, Adv. Mr. Farhan, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. M. Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Shahbaz, Adv. Mr. Mujeeb Rehman, Adv. Mr. Mumtaz Alam Siddiqui, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv.

Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv. Dr. Lokendra Malik, Adv. Mr. Rahat Ali Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Nitin Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Mariya Mansuri, Adv. Ms. Azra Rehman, Adv. Mr. Anshu Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Kanva, Adv. Mr. Bilal A. Khan, Adv. Ms. Mitali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Mariya Mansuri, Adv. Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, Adv. Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, Adv. Mr. Chandra Sekhar Padhi, Adv. Mr. Roopesh Singh Bhadauria, Adv. Mr. Arpit Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Jain, Adv. Ms. Eccha Shukla, Adv. Ms. Awanitika, Adv. Mr. Sachin Kharb, Adv. Mr. Shahab Ahmad, Adv. Ms. Tanya Sharma, Adv. Mr. M. P. Sahay, Adv. Ms. Saba Khan, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv. Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. Ms. Vidhi Thaker, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Ms. Farheen Fatima, Adv. Mr. Salman Kharshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Mumtaz Alam Siddiqui, Adv. Ms. Jayna Kothari, Sr. Adv. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Adv. Mr. Azad Bansaria, Adv. Mr. Prannv Dhavan, Adv. Ms. Saaneya Hidayath, Adv. Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv.

Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv. Ms. Niaz A. Faruqui, Adv. Ms. Neha Sangwan, Adv. Ms. Ashi Shereen Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shadul Hameed Reheman, Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sabyasachi Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kailash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Alok Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar A., Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, AOR Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samantray, Adv. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arindam, Adv. Mr. Vinod Diwakar, Adv. Ms. Megha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Anubhav, Adv. Mr. M. A. Kartik, Adv. Mr. Deepankar, Adv. Mr. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Agastya Sen, Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Javedur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Shahul Hameed, Adv. Mr. Yojit Singh, Adv. Mohd. Niyas S., Adv. Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv. Mr. Nishant Patil, Adv. Mr. Mudassir, Adv. Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Adv.

Mohd. Niyas, Adv. Mr. Shoeb Khan, Adv. Mr. Pran Krishna Jana, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K. Raj, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Pran Krisana Jana, Adv. Ms. Nazish Fatima, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, Sr. Adv. Md. Tahir M. Hakim, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Sagheer A. Khan, Adv. Ms. Rashda S. Ainapore, Adv. Mohamed Nawaz Haindaday, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Mr. Saif Zia, Adv. Mr. R Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. VVV Pattabhiram, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bhrigu Nath Dubey, Adv. Mr. Puneet Sheron, Adv. Mr. Nisarg Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Ankita Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tanwani, Adv. Mr. Chitwan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sushal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Baij Nath Patel, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahamathulla Kothwal, Adv. Ms. Siddika Aisha, Adv. Mr. Kumail Abbas, Adv. Mohd Shahrukh Ali, Adv. Mr. Raghav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pallabh, Adv. Mr. Nikhil, Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Sachin Pahwa, Adv. Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Mr. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, Adv. Mr. Augustine Peter, Adv. Mr. Faisal M. Aboobakar, Adv.

Mr. Thoyyib Hudawai, Adv. Ms. Lakshmi Sree, Adv. Ms. Sadiya Shakeel, Adv. Dr. Aditya Sondhi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR, Mr. Harsh Vardhan Kediya, Adv. Mohd. Shaz Khan, Adv. Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Bilal A. Khan, Adv. Mohd. Afeef, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rishabh Devan Parikh, Adv. Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Koshy John, Adv. Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mr. Muhammed Siddick, Adv. Ms. Shelna K., Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Josesh, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Haris Beeran, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Salim, Adv. Mr. Azhar Assees, Adv. Mr. Usman Ghani Khan, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Ameen Hassan K., Adv. Mr. A. M. Dar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Danissh M. Dar, Adv. Mr. B. Shafi, Adv. Mr. Anant Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anand Jena, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, AOR Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Anukrit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Ms. Vipasha Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kanojiya, Adv. Ms. Shivani, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Prastut Dalvi, Adv. Ms. Shailja Das, Adv.

Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, Adv. Md. Irshad Hanif, Adv. Mr. Javed R. Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Aarif Ali, Adv. Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Adv. Mohd. Aslam, Adv. Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Tausif Ahmed Dar, Adv. Mr. Ahmed Parvez, Adv. Mr. Amar Kumar Raizada, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Tiwari, Adv. Mohd. Faseeh Khan, Adv. Mohd. Waseem Akhtar, Adv. Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Amir Kaleem, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shishir Raj, Adv. Mohd. Wasiq Khan, Adv. Mr. Sahid uddin Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Srivastava, AOR Mr. Subodh Patil, Adv. Mr. Aayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Pravartak Pathak, Adv. Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv. Ms. Kriti Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Mr. Joyadeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Avdhesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Srivastava, AOR Mr. Subodh Patil, Adv. Mr. Aayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv. Ms. Kriti Ranjal, Adv. Mr. Pravar Pathak, Adv. Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Kaul, Adv. Ms. Bebi Devi Boniya Ms. Sudha Pal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Mudit Kaul, Adv. Ms. Bebi Devi Boniya Mr. Abhishek, AOR

Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ved Prakash, Adv. Ms. Priya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Ms. Shivam, Adv. Mr. Archit Krishna, Adv. Mr. Shivam, Adv. Ms. Sonal Chopra, Adv. Mr. Rishab Ahmad Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Adv. Ms. Kirti Singh, Adv. Mr. Archit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Sonal Chopra, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Mr. Archit Krishna, Adv. Mr. Shivam, Adv. Ms. Sonal Chopra, Adv. Ms. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghu Vamsy Dasika, Adv. Mr. Anis Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Puspinder Singh, Adv. Mr. Karthik Sundar, Adv. Mr. Charudatta Mahindrakar, AOR Mr. Mandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv. Mr. Chitwan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jagrit Vyas, Adv. Mr. Nakul Mohta, ADV Ms. Misha Rohatgi Mohta, AOR, Mr. Bharat Monga, Adv. Ms. Richa, Adv. Mr. Prakash Shetty, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. Mr. Chandratanay Chaube, Adv. Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Arora, Adv. Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar, Adv. Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Nitesh, Adv. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mugdha, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Mr. Ankur Mittal, Adv. Mr. Jai Anant Dehadrai, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Arora, Adv. Ms. Tejaswini Verma, Adv. Mr. Jaskaran Singh Chawla, Adv. Mr. Udito Koushik Sarmah, Adv. Mr. Smaeer Srivastava, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singh, Adv. Mr. Cheryl D' Sooja, Adv. Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv. Ms. Piyo Harold Jaimon, Adv. Mr. Firdouse C. P., Adv. Mr. Sandeep Thakur, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Mr. Aswathi M.K., AOR Ms. Sneha S. Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Susmita Kale, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Ms. Kavya Lokande, Adv. Ms. Sanyali S. Pawar, Adv. Mr. Amit K. Singh, Adv. Ms. Mridula Singh, Adv. Ms. Misha Rohtagi Mohta, Adv. Mr. Bharat Monga, Adv. Ms. Richa, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Ms. Priya Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv. Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul G. Tanwani, Adv. Ms. Shivali Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Siddharth S. Chapalgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Poornachandian, Adv. Mr. Ananvay Anandvardhan, Adv. Ms. Sivani Kukumanu, Adv. Mr. Gursimar Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Alapana Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Nrig Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv. Ms. Priya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ved Prakash, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, AOR Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Ms. Mugdha, Adv. Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, Adv. Mr. Kartik Venu, Adv. Mohd. Tahir, Adv. Ms. Tasmiya Taleha, Adv. Ms. Urja Pandey, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mohd. Shahruk, Adv. Mr. Puran Mal Saini, Adv. Ms. Anzu K. Varkey, Adv. Mr. Pati Raj Yadav, ADv. Mr. Ritesh Patil, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Aman Varma, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR Mr. Charudatta Vijayrao Mahindrakar, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Ms. Mrinmoi Chatterjee , AOR Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR Mr. Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. Akshay Ravi, Adv. Mr. Govind Kumar, Adv. Ms. Savita Singh, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, Adv. Mohd. Asif Iqbal, Adv. Ms. Asifa Rashid Mir, Adv. Mr. Abdul Shukoor Mundambra, Adv. Mr. Shereef K.A., Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR

Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR

Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Mr. Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury, AOR Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ranbir Singh Yadav, AOR Mr. Mareesh Pravir Sahay, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Mehmood Umar Faruqui, AOR Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S, AOR Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. M. R. Shamshad, AOR Mr. Abhay Anand Jena, AOR Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Aman Varma, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR Respondent-in-person Mr. Charudatta Vijayrao Mahindrakar, AOR Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji , AOR Mr. Pulkit Srivastava, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Sinha , AOR Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Sameer Shrivastava, AOR

Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta pronounced His Lordship's reportable Judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia.

The operative portion of the Judgment is reproduced hereunder :-

"198. In view of the discussions above, I dismiss all appeals and the writ petitions, though on different grounds than what prevailed before the High Court. No Costs."

Thereafter, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia pronounced a separate and dissenting Judgment. The operative portion of the Judgment is reproduced hereunder :-

**"**84. Consequently, I allow all the appeals as well as the Writ Petitions, but only to the extent as ordered below: a.The order of the Karnataka High Court dated March 15, 2022, is hereby set aside; b.The G.O. dated February 5, 2022 is hereby quashed and, c. There shall be no restriction on the wearing of hijab anywhere in schools and colleges in Karnataka."

In view of the divergent views expressed by the Bench, the matter be placed before Hon'ble The Chief Justice of India for constitution of an appropriate Bench.

(JAYANT KUMAR ARORA) (RENU BALA GAMBHIR) ASST. REGISTRAR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER

(Two Reportable Judgments and one Signed order are placed on the file)