Key facts of the case - A complaint was submitted by a local religious Muslim organization before the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) because the rules of a secondary school in Smolyan stipulated that students had to wear school uniforms. The organization considered this as targeted effort for prevention of wearing religious clothing, despite the headmaster of the school declaring that she had not restricted the access of female Muslim students to the classes.

Main reasoning of the court - The CPD has not found discrimination towards Muslims, but has further stated that the headmaster had breached the school rules by treating unequally the rest of the students. It had thus fined the school governing body, the Ministry of Education and Science and the organization that had submitted the complaint.

Comment - The Third Panel of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) deals with cases related to nationality, citizenship, origin, religion and faith. There is also the Five-member Panel for dealing with cases of multiple-discrimination.