The Supreme Court said it has listed for hearing on Friday a plea challenging the verdict of the Bombay High Court (HC) which had upheld a decision of a Mumbai college to impose a ban on wearing of 'hijab', 'burqa' and 'naqab' inside the institute’s campus, news agency PTI reported.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of a lawyer that the term exam is commencing from Wednesday and the students, belonging from a minority community, are bound to face difficulties owing to the instructions imposed over the dress code.