“Losing Patience”: Court Orders Lawyers to Conclude Arguments in Hijab Case

The Supreme Court instructed the lawyers representing the petitioners in the Karnataka hijab ban case to finish their rebuttal arguments within an hour tomorrow, adding, “we are losing patience.”
The Supreme Court, which heard submissions in the case for the ninth day, said it would give the petitioners one hour to conclude their arguments on Thursday.

“We shall be allotted one hour of your time. You complete that. It is now an overload of hearing, “Senior attorney a bench informed Huzefa Ahmadi of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia.

Mr. Ahmadi argued on behalf of one of the petitioners.

According to the bench, several lawyers have already presented their arguments before it. “We’re running out of patience,” it said.

“Your lordships have listened to us with endless patience,” Mr. Ahmadi expressed gratitude.

“Do you believe we have any other options?” the bench remarked lightheartedly.

The bench noted that it would grant an hour on Thursday and stated that the reply could not go beyond that.

On behalf of the state, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Karnataka’s Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi, and Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj argued. At the same time, senior lawyers Dushyant Dave and Salman Khurshid represented the Muslim petitioners.