Mandla (Sewa Singh) v Dowell Lee, decided by the House of Lords in 1983, is a primary legal judgment. Its strength is that it is the actual ruling holding that Sikhs constitute an ethnic group under the Race Relations Act 1976, making a school's ban on turbans unlawful racial discrimination, a foundational precedent in UK discrimination law. Its limit is the ordinary one for a court ruling: it decides the legal question of the case before it, not the full history or theology of Sikh identity.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the House of Lords' own ruling, a foundational precedent in UK discrimination law. NotesHeld that Sikhs constitute an ethnic group for the purposes of the Race Relations Act 1976, so that a school rule forbidding the turban was unlawful racial discrimination.
Citation
AuthorHouse of Lords
PublisherHouse of Lords
Publication Year1983
Source TypeCase law
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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1Religious Dress & Vestments
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