Baljinder Singh Badesha is a 40 year old father of four who lives in brampton, immigrated to Canada in 1989 from India where he was an avid motorcyclist. He was charged in mid-2005 in Ontario for not wearing a helmet while driving his 2003 Honda Shadow. Since then, he is fighting a $110 ticket he received for wearing a turban (dastar). He argued in the court that he never worn helmets and that he should be left alone to make his own decisions about headgear as per his Sikh faith. Baljinder supported by the Ontario Human Rights Commission he challenged the Ontario’s helmet law maintaining that the helmet law discriminates against Sikhs because their religion obliges them to cover their long hair with nothing else but a turban. His lawyers say that their client is far too religious to consid
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