Canadian Court Rejects Sikh's Helmet Plea

sikh with his high turban

Toronto (ABC Live) The Road Safety or religious freedom which one you opt first? A Canadian court has decided this question in Ontario.

Toronto (ABC Live) The Road Safety or religious freedom which one you opt first? A Canadian court has decided this question in Ontario.

Baljinder Badesha, who immigrated to Canada, was challenged by police in 2005 while he was driving his bike without helmet. The Sikh by religion Baljinder contested his challan worth $ 110 in court.

In his ply in court he contested that as he was wearing his turban when he was driving his motor cycle on the road. As Sikhism asks him to wear turban so it is not possible for him to wear a hamlet it over his turban which his religion prohibits.

But Judge Justice W J Blacklock ruled that law definitely violates Baljinder’s religious right but accepted the sense of law under Section 1 of the Canadian Charter for Rights and Freedom, which says that safety measures save public lives and public health expenditure.

The Ontario court took two years to decide ‘Sikh turban case’. The lawyer of Baljinder told ABC live that they would file appeal against this decision soon.

As Indian and British laws permit Sikhs to drive two wheelers without helmets while they are wearing their turbans