Tyrone Marhguy, a student with dreadlocks, and Achimota School have filed an appeal against the High Court’s order allowing the school to admit him.
According to the school, the court, among other things, erred by indicating that Achimota School’s rules and regulations requiring uniformity in appearance are unlawful and interfere with the exercise of one’s religious rights.
As a result, the school asked the Appeals Court to vacate the entire judgment that ordered it to admit the student, and the plaintiff was ordered to follow the school’s rules if he chose to attend.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-office General’s has filed an appeal in the case, requesting that the court uphold Achimota School’s arguments and rule in its favor.
According to the notice of appeal obtained by Citi News, the judge who adjudicated the case and awarded victory to the two boys failed to require the plaintiffs to provide evidence of their claims.
The AG’s office also stated that the judge erred in claiming that Achimota School infringed on the boys’ right to an education.
“The learned Judge erred when she held that the 1st Respondent’s regulation requiring students to keep their hair low amounted to an illegal and unconstitutional attempt to suspend the Applicant’s guaranteed freedom to practice and manifest his religion…. “The learned Judge erred in holding that Respondent’s actions of asking the Applicant to step aside during the registration process are a violation of his right to dignity, especially since the 2nd Respondent disputed the veracity of that fact,” the AG’s office stated among the grounds for its claim.
On Monday, May 31, 2021, the Accra High Court issued its decision regarding the denial of admission to Achimota School for two Rastafarian boys, Tyrone Marhguy and Oheneba Nkrabea, because they did not cut their dreadlocks.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Gifty Adjei Addo, disagreed with the Attorney General’s submissions and granted all of the reliefs sought separately by the embattled students except compensation in the case of Tyrone Marhguy.
According to Justice Addo, the Attorney General’s suggestion that the two were not students in the first place is absurd.
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As a result, Justice Gifty Adjei Addo ordered that the two Rastafarian students be admitted to Achimota School.
Following the court’s decision, Achimota School announced through its board that it would appeal the decision.
The school then attempted to obtain a stay of execution order in order to halt the order’s execution, but later announced that the decision had been withdrawn.
The school board, in a statement issued on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, stated that it is committed to appealing the High Court’s decision.
The two boys were later admitted to the school.
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