BYLINE: post reporters
JUDGMENT in the Sunali Pillay "nose ring"saga is expected to be given by Judge-president Vuka Tshabalala in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today.
Sunali Pillay, 17, and her mother Navi, 40, will not give up their fight for what they believe is right.
Sunali has been embroiled in a "nose ring saga" ever since she was asked by Durban Girls' High School, where she is a grade 12 pupil, to remove the tiny gold stud because it went against the school's code of conduct.
Johannesburg, Oct. 7 -- A court in South Africa has said that a school's refusal to allow an Indian girl to wear a nose ring violated her constitutional right to abide by her religion and culture.
Sunali Pillay started the legal battle three years ago after the elite Durban Girls High School banned her from wearing the nose ring, which she said was part of her south Indian Tamil culture.
The 100 rand ($14) ring cost the family hundreds of thousands of rands in legal fees as they went through various courts, finally emerging victorious in the Johannesburg Constitutional Court, the highest ...
Nose Ring DRAMA: Sunali's victory.(News)
Post (South Africa) | October 10, 2007
IN A WELL crafted and insightful judgment, nine of the ten Constitutional Court judges on Friday ruled that the argument raised by Durban Girls' High that pupils would jump on the bandwagon and wear dreadlocks, loincloths and other accessories to schools, had no merit.
Chief Justice Pius Langa and eight other judges concluded that the school had discriminated against Sunali Pillay, when it refused her permission to wear a nose ring.
The applicants in the Constitutional Court appeal were Ina Cronje, the MEC for Education in KwaZulu Natal; Thulani Cele, the ...
Nose Ring DRAMA: Sunali's victory.(News)
Post (South Africa) | October 10, 2007
IN A WELL crafted and insightful judgment, nine of the ten Constitutional Court judges on Friday ruled that the argument raised by Durban Girls' High that pupils would jump on the bandwagon and wear dreadlocks, loincloths and other accessories to schools, had no merit.
Chief Justice Pius Langa and eight other judges concluded that the school had discriminated against Sunali Pillay, when it refused her permission to wear a nose ring.
The applicants in the Constitutional Court appeal were Ina Cronje, the MEC for Education in KwaZulu Natal; Thulani Cele, the ...
Scarlett Johansson Defends Her Nose Ring
July 23rd, 2007 8:54am EDT
Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson has defended her decision to wear a nose-ring - insisting the jewelry highlights her "creative side". The Lost In Translation actress, who is currently the face of cosmetics giant L'Oreal, shocked fans by making the decision to get a facial piercing when she was snapped wearing the ring by scores of photographers.However Johansson is adamant the nose ring is attractive. She says, "It's all about my creative side and I personally look lovely. So what exactly is the problem with it?"
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