Dhaka: In a ruling that may invite the ire of hardliners, a Bangladeshi top court has barred educational institutions in the country against forcing women teachers for wearing a burqa or covering their head, saying it would amount to violation of their fundamental rights.
forcement of the order.
“If any person tries to compel a woman to wear a veil against her consent... that would amount to a violation of her fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution,” the court said.
The ruling came on a public interest litigation suit filed by a rights group months af-“It is their (women’s) personal choice if they wear veils or cover their heads,” the high court said in the ruling on Thursday and asked the education ministry to ensure enter a government education official insulted a school headmistress using abusive words for her dress at a meeting at northwestern Kurigram. PTI
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