Melbourne: A five-year-old Sikh boy has been denied school enrolment in Australia for wearing a turban as it does not align with its uniform policy, despite a landmark ruling in 2008 against a private institution on the issue.

“It is disappointing that my son has been forced to abandon his religious practices and identity to access to an education in Melbourne’s Melton Christian College (MCC),” Sagardeep Singh Arora was quoted as saying by the SBS TV.