Maharashtra college bans jeans, T-shirts, jerseys on campus, releases notice
A college in Maharashtra stirred a controversy after it banned jeans on campus.
An official note by Acharya Marathe College in Chembur stated the students wearing jeans would not be allowed to enter the college premises.
The notice also stated that male students should come to college in formal attire.
The female students were allowed to wear ethnic or Western dress. However, any dress which revealed their religion would not be allowed, the notice stated.
"Students can wear half shirt or full shirt and trouser. Girls can wear any Indian or Western outfit. Students shall not wear any dress which reveals religion or shows cultural disparity," the notice read.
"Nakab, Hizab, Burkha, Stole, Cap, Badge etc shall be removed while going to common rooms on the ground floor and then only they can move throughout college campus. Torn jeans, T-shirts, revealing dresses and jerseys are not allowed," it stated.
Notice by Acharya Marathe College (Credits: India Today)
Meanwhile, some students who did not attend college the day the notice was released, were not allowed to enter the premises the next day over the new dress code.
According to the details, at least nine female students at the college also approached the Mumbai High Court against the college order.
However, their petition was dismissed.