A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit, and Justice JM Khazi will pronounce its verdict on the bunch of pleas seeking the wearing of Hijab at 10.30 am on Tuesday, reports newsnine.

Ahead of the sensitive verdict, the Bangalore police have prohibited all types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places for one week from March 15 to March 21.

"All types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bangalore for one week from March 15 to March 21," news agency ANI quoted Bengaluru Commissioner of Police as saying.

Prohibitory orders were also issued in other parts of the state. In Vijayapura, restrictions have been placed 200 meters near schools and colleges. Security has also been beefed up in 'sensitive regions'.

Section 144 has been imposed across Ramanagara district. The prohibitory orders will be in place till March 18.

In Dakshina Kannada, a holiday was announced to all the schools and colleges across the district. Exams were also asked to be postponed on orders from the district administration.

Prohibitory orders were also issued in Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Davanagere, Kodagu and Tumakuru. Holidays for schools and colleges were also announced in Kalaburgi.

The case was constituted on February 9 on a petition filed by girls from Udupi who prayed that they should be allowed to wear Hijab even inside the classroom along with the school uniform as it was part of their faith.

On January 1, six girl students of a college in Udupi attended a press conference held by the Campus Front of India (CFI) in the coastal town protesting against the college authorities denying them entry into classrooms wearing headscarves.

This was four days after they requested the principal permission to wear hijab in classes which were not allowed. Till then, students used to wear the headscarf to the campus, but entered the classroom after removing it, college principal Rudre Gowda had said.

As the issue of Hijab versus saffron scarves spread to several educational institutions in many parts of Karnataka, the state government announced a holiday from February 9 to February 15 in all the pre-university colleges and from February 9 to February 16 in degree and diploma colleges.

The girls then approached the Karnataka High Court seeking relief and quashing the government order on February 5 restraining students from wearing any cloth that could disturb the peace, harmony and public order.

The full bench of the High Court has been hearing the case on a day-to-day basis since February 10.

In its interim order, the bench asked the state government to reopen the educational institutions, which were hit by the agitation, and restrained students from wearing Hijab and saffron scarves in the classroom till the final order is delivered.