[Hijab verdict] 3 Judges provided Y-category security after Karnataka High Court Chief Justice gets death threat

A complaint has been registered at Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha Police Station in connection with an alleged death threat to the Karnataka High Court's Chief Justice, judge Ritu Raj Awasthi..Following the filing of the FIR in the matter, the Karnataka government has decided to provide Y-category security to the 3 judges of the Full Bench that delivered the Hijab verdict, as per a report in India Today. Two advocates, Umapathi S and Sudha Katwa, had also written to the Registrar-General in the matter, after the former received a video on WhatsApp purportedly using vulgar language and threatening murder of the Chief Justice in wake of the Hijab verdict. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday had upheld a February 5 government order (GO) which effectively empowers colleges in the State to ban the wearing of hijab (headscarves) by Muslim girl students in college campus.A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S Dixit and JM Khazi had observed:- Hijab is not a part of essential religious practices of Islam;- Requirement of uniform is a reasonable restriction on the fundamental right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a);- The government has the power to pass the GO; no case is made out for its invalidation..The first information report (FIR) has been filed for offences of criminal intimidation, inciting statements, promoting enmity between different groups, intentional insult to breach peace, among others. The letter accompanying the same details the content of the video. According to the letter, the video is in Tamil and probably from Madurai district. The video allegedly refers to the murder of a Jharkhand judge while on his morning walk, then proceeds to say that they know where the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice walks in the morning. The person in the video then openly challenges the Chief Justice to file a case against him.The advocates stated that the same targets the legal community and is a open threat to its independence, and therefore action is needed against the culprits to preserve the dignity and majesty of justice administration in Karnataka. .[Read FIR and complaint]