No ripped jeans, revealing dresses, jerseys allowed in campus: After hijab ban, Mumbai college's latest diktat to students

A college in Mumbai barred students from wearing ripped jeans, T-shirts, jerseys, revealing dresses, and clothes that reveal religion or show cultural disparity.

The Chembur Trombay Education Society's N G Acharya and D K Marathe College was in the news recently for banning hijab on the college premises.

In a circular to the students, signed by Principal Vidyagauri Lele, the college asked them to wear "formal" and "decent" dress while on campus.

"They can wear half shirt or full shirt and trouser. Girls can wear and Indian and western outfit."

The students have been told not to wear jeans, t-shirts, revealing dresses and jerseys.

"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," the circular said.

The circular to the student came after the Bombay High Court, on June 26, refused to interfere in a decision taken by the college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab on its premises, observing that such rules do not violate students' fundamental rights. The court observed that a dress code is meant to maintain discipline which is part of the college's fundamental right to "establish and administer an educational institution".

The students had moved HC challenging a directive issued by the college imposing a dress code banning ijab, naqab, burka, stoles, caps and badges inside the premises.