Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (England) - High Court

Date: 07/29/2008

Subject: The High Court, analyzing the case in the light of the ECHR and of National transposition norms of Community laws, has established that the prohibition to wear the Kara (wrist bracelet, symbol of the Sikh religion), imposed by the school to an Indian pupil for her personal safety, is an act of indirect discrimination founded on racial and religious reasons.

Parties: The Queen on the application of Sarika Angel Watkins-Singh (A child acting by Sanita Kumari Singh, her mother and Litigation Friend) e The Governing Body of Aberdare Girl’s High School and Rhondda Cynon Taf Unitary Authority

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 10 Freedom of religion

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