After Hijab, Mumbai College Bans Torn Jeans, T-Shirts & ‘Revealing’ Dresses

Mumbai: Weeks after banning the hijab, a Mumbai college has gone a step further and barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts and ‘revealing dresses’ on its premises.

The administration of Chembur Trombay Education Society’s NG Acharya and DK Marathe College issued a fresh dress code, asking students to wear a ‘formal and decent’ dress.

“Students should wear formal and decent dress while on campus. They can wear half shirt or full shirt and trouser. Girls can wear Indian and western outfit. Students shall not wear any dress which reveals religion or shows cultural disparity. Jeans, T-shirts, revealing dresses and jerseys are not allowed,” states a notice on the college gate.

“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,” adds the notice dated June 27.

A group of students had earlier moved Bombay High Court against the college’s decision to impose a ban on hijab, naqab, burka, stole, cap and badg inside the premises.

Nine female students had stated in their petition that the ban was ‘arbitrary, unreasonable, bad in law and perverse’.

However, a division bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil refused to interfere in the decision taken by the college and dismissed the petition.