Prayagraj/IBNS, Aug. 25 -- The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a minor student from Prayagraj seeking permission to wear a headscarf with her prescribed school uniform, holding that students cannot alter an institution's dress code according to individual preferences.

The petition was filed by the student through her mother.

The girl, who had completed her high school education, was seeking admission to Class XI at the same private school.

She told the court that she had been wearing a headscarf since Class VI and argued that wearing it formed an essential part of Islamic religious practice.

A two-judge bench comprising Justices JJ Munir and Indrajit Shukla rejected the plea in a judgment delivered on August 21....