Hyderabad, Aug. 25 -- The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a student cannot claim the right to alter a school's prescribed dress code to suit personal preference, dismissing a plea by a Muslim girl seeking permission to wear a hijab (headscarf) with her uniform.

A bench of Justices JJ Munir and Indrajit Shukla passed the order on August 21, rejecting the petition filed by a minor student of Tagore Public School in Attarsuiya, Prayagraj, reported LiveLaw. The petitioner, identified as Sukaina Rizvi, had completed Class X at the school and sought admission to Class XI there.

The girl moved the court through her mother, asking that authorities be directed to let her wear a headscarf in addition to the uniform prescribed for all students...