LONDON (AP) — A Sikh teenager who was excluded from class for refusing to remove a religious bracelet at school won her discrimination claim on Tuesday in Britain's High Court.

The court ruled that the school failed to promote equality when they banned 14-year-old Sarika Singh from class last year when she refused to remove her Kara bracelet — a thin steel bangle worn by observant Sikhs.

The Aberdare Girls' School in south Wales argued the bracelet broke a ban on wearing jewellery. "I'm so happy to know that no one else will go through what me and my family have gone through," Singh said in a statement she read outside the court.

When she refused to remove her bracelet, Singh was taught in isolation from her fellow classmates for two months before being suspended in November.

Justice Stephen Silber said in his ruling that the Kara bracelet is universally accepted by Sikhs as an important part of their religious observance. The ruling allows Singh to return to Aberdare in September and wear the bracelet in class.