New Delhi: The Acharya and Marathe College in Mumbai’s Chembur has issued a new dress code, banning jeans and T-shirt.
The move comes just days after the Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by a group of students of the college that had challenged the institute’s dress code banning hijab, reported The Indian Express.
The college issued a notice on June 27 titled “dress code and other rules” which said that torn-jeans, T-shirts, revealing dresses and jerseys are not allowed.
“Students should wear formal and decent dress while on campus. They can wear a half-shirt or full-shirt and trousers. Girls can wear any Indian or western outfit. Students shall not wear any dress which shows religion or cultural disparity. Nakab, hijab, burkha, stole, cap, badge etc. shall be removed by going to common rooms on the ground floor and then only they can move throughout the college campus,” states the notice, signed by Principal of the college Dr. Vidyagauri Lele, reported The Indian Express.
Principal Lele said that the dress code was in place because the college administration is preparing them to be ‘ready for the corporate world.’
During the last academic session, the college had introduced uniforms for its students and had banned hijab along with other religious identifiers. The students were asked to first remove their hijab or niqab at a designated place in the college after entering the gate.
Thereafter, a group of students had moved the Bombay High Court challenging the college’s order on dress code.
A bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil had dismissed the plea last week and said that the court was not inclined to interfere with the college’s decision.
