Bengaluru: Prescribed uniform should be followed as long as the pleas on the hijab issue are pending before the Court, whether it is degree or PU colleges, clarified orally by Karnataka High Court on Wednesday.

Karnataka High Court full bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S Dixit and JM Khazi said that if a uniform is prescribed, it has to be followed by students till the matter is pending before the Court. However, where there is no uniform, there is no question of wearing one, the bench noted.

The clarification came after Mohammad Tahir, counsel of a petitioner, claimed that some degree colleges are also suddenly insisting on uniforms though the interim order is confined only to PU colleges where college development committees are constituted.