New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Allahabad High Court, last week, junked the plea of a Muslim girl who had sought permission to wear a hijab along with her school uniform, saying that the hijab is not an essential practice when it comes to observing the Islamic faith.

The bench, comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla, said that the student cannot insist that a standard dress code be modified where it is "uniform, bona fide, nondiscriminatory and intended to maintain discipline and institutional identity", Live Law reported.

The Bench also noted that there is no pronouncement by the Supreme Court that can settle the issue.

The petitioner is a minor student at an unaided private school affiliated to the CBSE in Prayagraj's Att...