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The State has been or­dered to pay $100,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a prison of­fi­cer who suc­cess­ful­ly pur­sued a land­mark case over a T&T Prison Ser­vice pol­i­cy bar­ring of­fi­cers from keep­ing beards.

In Feb­ru­ary last year, High Court Judge Mar­garet Mo­hammed up­held a law­suit from Ar­shad Singh, who claimed he was barred from be­ing pro­mot­ed for keep­ing a beard as part of his re­li­gious be­liefs as a Mus­lim.

The com­pen­sa­tion owed to him was as­sessed by High Court Mas­ter Rish­ma Ram­rat­tan last week.