Judgment No. CCZ 7/16 3 Const. Application No. CCZ 17/15 insisting that their daughters were required to attend chapel and that, if they failed to comply, they would be deemed to have been voluntarily withdrawn and removed from the School. On 19 March 2015, after the girls refused to attend chapel and surrendered their books, they were told to go home. The applicants then filed an urgent application to the High Court in Case No. 2717/15. Following a consent order granted on 27 March 2015, the girls were allowed to continue to attend the School, without being compelled to attend chapel, pending the determination of the present application. The applicants aver that freedom of conscience includes the right to practice and propagate one’s religion as well as the right not to be compelled to subscribe to any religion. In this respect, the actions of the Headmistress violate their daughters’ freedom of conscience and their right to protection against discrimination on the ground of religion. Moreover, although any person is entitled to establish and maintain an independent educational institution, he or she cannot discriminate in the manner in which the institution is administered. Thus, the conduct of the Headmistress also violates their daughters’ right to education. The applicants accordingly seek declarators that the respondents’ actions are in violation of their daughters’ freedom of conscience and religion, right to protection against discrimination and right to education. They also seek an order precluding the respondents from refusing the admission of their daughters to Arundel School on the basis of their religious beliefs and failure to attend chapel. On behalf of the School, the Headmistress relies upon the standard enrolment form signed by the applicants upon the admission of their daughters into the