All Sinita Singh’s daughter did was show up to her school wearing a traditional religious bracelet. Sarika, 14, showed up to class at the Aberdare Girls’ School in South Wales with a thin steel bangle that’s worn by observant Sikhs. When asked to remove it because of the schools "no jewelry" rule, she refused.

But on Tuesday, Britain’s High Court ruled that the the school was guilty of indirect discrimination under race relations and equality laws. According to the Associated Press, Justice Stephen Silber said in his ruling that the Kara bracelet is universally accepted by Sikhs as an important part of their religious observance. The ruling allows Singh to return to Aberdare in September and wear the bracelet in class.

After the judgment, Sarika’s mother, Sinita, 38, told the London Times Online, "We are over the moon. It is just such a relief."

Sarika, of mixed Welsh and Punjabi origin, was at first taught in isolation and eventually excluded for refusing to take off the bangle in defiance of the school’s policy, which prohibits the wearing of any jewelry other than a wristwatch and plain ear studs. While the Guardian reports that there are no laws banning religious symbols in British schools, there are calls from special-interest groups to reduce their presence. According to the UK press, "Some argue there needs to be consistency, with the same rules applied to all religious symbols. Others believe that allowing students to express their faith in public puts pressure on classmates to follow their example or adds a religious element to what should remain a secular environment."

Students haven’t been the only ones unable to express themselves in classrooms.

The BBC news reported that one of most controversial cases involved teaching assistant Aishah Azmi, a Muslim woman who lost her employment discrimination case after she was dismissed for refusing to remove her veil in the classroom. Her case sparked a national debate on multiculturalism and integration in Britain.