Zainab Abdul Qayyum Choudhary vs Chembur Trombay Education Society’s , N. G. Acharya And D. K. Marathe College of Art , Science And Commerce

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2024 Supreme(Bom) 499

A. S. CHANDURKAR, RAJESH S. PATIL
Zainab Abdul Qayyum Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
Chembur Trombay Education Society’s , N. G. Acharya And D. K. Marathe College of Art , Science And Commerce – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Altaf Khan alongwith Mr. Akash Mangalgi, Mr. Shamsher Shaikh, Ms. Nilofar Sayyed, Mr. Gulfam Khan, Ms. Supriya Ghadge and Ms. Roohita Shaikh for the Petitioner; Mr. Anil V. Anturkar, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr. Harshavardhan Suryavanshi, Mr. V. Mannadiar and Ms. Dhannya Prasad instructed by Mannadiar & Co. for respondent No.1; Mr. Yuvraj Narvankar alongwith Mr. Mayur Mohite for respondent No.2; Ms. P.H. Kantharia, GP alongwith Ms. Jyoti Chavan, Addl. G.P. and Ms. Pooja Patil, AGP for the respondent Nos.3 and 4-State; Mr. Devang Vyas, ASG alongwith Ms. Savita Ganoo and Mr. D.P. Singh for respondent No.6-UOI.

JUDGMENT

A. S. Chandurkar, J. - Nine Students pursuing their second and third year education for undergraduate courses at the College run by the first respondent - Chembur Trombay Education Society have raised a challenge to the Instructions issued to students requiring them to follow the prescribed dress code. In addition, a notice-cum-whatsapp message dated 01/05/2024 issuing instructions in the matter of following the dress code is also under challenge. The petitioners allege that the prescription of dress code as a result of which they are restrained from donning a Hijab or Nakab is arbitrary and discriminatory. It affects their fundamental rights guaranteed especially under Article 19(1)(a) and Article 25 of the Constitution of India.

2. According to the petitioners, prescription of dress code for the first time after they took admission at the College couple of years ago is against the spirit of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012, the Rahistriya Uchhastar Shiksha Abhiyan - RUSA as well as the National Education Policy, 2020. While seeking admission to the second and third year undergraduate course for the

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2024 Supreme(Bom) 499

A. S. CHANDURKAR, RAJESH S. PATILZainab Abdul Qayyum Choudhary – AppellantVersusChembur Trombay Education Society’s , N. G. Acharya And D. K. Marathe College of Art , Science And Commerce – Respondent

Cases Referred (7)

A. S. CHANDURKAR, RAJESH S. PATIL
Zainab Abdul Qayyum Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
Chembur Trombay Education Society’s , N. G. Acharya And D. K. Marathe College of Art , Science And Commerce – Respondent