BENGALURU: Seven teachers on exam duty were suspended for allowing Muslim girl students to wear hijab while appearing for SSLC exams.

The incident took place during the SSLC exams held at CS Patil Boys High School and CS Patil Girls High School in the Gadag district of Karnataka. Two centre superintendents have also been suspended.

On March 15, the Karnataka High Court had ruled in favour of the hijab ban in educational institutions. Six students, who were expelled from the Udupi Pre-University College for wearing hijab in college, had approached the court on the issue. However, the court dismissed all the petitions challenging the ban on hijab inside Karnataka schools. The students have approached the Supreme Court challenging the high court’s verdict.