The claimant sought to be allowed to wear a purity ring at school. The ring infringed the school’s uniform code. She said that the ring expressed her desire religious to remain pure before marriage.
Held: The wearing of the ring was not sufficiently closely connected with the claimant’s religion or her belief in chastity before marriage. The claim failed.
Judges:
Michael Supperstone QC
Citations:
[2007] EWHC 1698 (Admin), Times 23-Jul-2007, [2007] ELR 484, [2007] BLGR 851, [2007] 3 FCR 754, [2007] ACD 80, [2007] HRLR 34
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Watkins-Singh, Regina (on the Application of) v The Governing Body of Aberdare Girls’ High School and Another Admn 29-Jul-2008
Miss Singh challenged her school’s policy which operated to prevent her wearing while at school a steel bangle, a Kara. She said this was part of her religion as a Sikh.
Held: Earlier comparable applications had been made under human rights . .
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Education, Discrimination, Human Rights
Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.258412
