Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid was next to make arguments on behalf of the petitioners. He argued,
“There is no binary like obligatory and non-obligatory in Islam. What is in Quran is obligatory and what the Prophet interpreted it is also obligatory. This is a critical thing to keep in mind.”
When the Court asked him whether he was insisting that wearing of hijab was an essential religious practice, he replied,
“It is a matter of religion, culture, conscience, culture, dignity.”
He then took the Court through verses of the Quran and pictures of burqa, hijab and jilbab to explain the difference between them.
“The very elevated ideas given to the country by this very Court cannot be taken away. If I am at the Bar, I have to subscribe to the dress code. But does it mean I cannot wear anything other than this which is important for my culture or religion?
Hijab is a screen as per the Quran and it is religion or culture. Ghoonghat is considered very essential in UP or North India….”
Source: Barandbench
