MUMBAI COLLEGE ENFORCES STRICT DRESS CODE, BANS ‘REVEALING DRESSES’ AFTER HIJAB, RIPPED JEANS

A Mumbai college has implemented a new dress code that forbids students from wearing t-shirts, "revealing dresses," and ripped jeans on campus, only days after it outlawed the hijab.

The NG Acharya and DK Marathe College management of the Chembur Trombay Education Society requested that students dress in "formal and decent" attire on campus.

"Students should wear formal and decent dress while on campus. They can wear half shirt or a full shirt and trousers. Girls can wear Indian and Western outfits. Students shall not wear any dress which reveals religion or shows cultural disparity. Jeans, t-shirts, revealing dresses and jerseys are not allowed," a notice hung on the college gate said.

"Hijab, burka, naqab, stoles, caps and badges can be removed by going to common rooms on the ground floor and then only they can move throughout college campus," the notice dated June 27, 2024, added.

Some students said they were denied entry to the campus because they were wearing jeans and t-shirts and were not aware of the new dress code.

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The students filed a case in the Bombay High Court after the institution had previously declared that the hijab, naqab, burka, stoles, headgear, and badges were not permitted within the building. Nine female students described the prohibition as "arbitrary, unreasonable, bad-in-law, and perverse" in their petition.

However, a division bench consisting of Justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil dismissed the case, stating they were not inclined to overturn the college's decision.

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In a statement on behalf of the college administration, senior counsel Anil Anturkar stated that students of all castes and religions were expected to follow the dress code.

The college said that the decision to outlaw the burka, naqab, and hijab was only a disciplinary action for the uniform dress code and had nothing to do with discrimination against Muslims.

(With inputs from agencies)

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