A Rajasthani artist entertaining a foreign tourist with his long moustache, in Bikaner.
A Rajasthani artist showing his long moustache to entertain tourists welcoming them for season's first trip of Maharaja Express train, in Bikaner.
Foreign tourists pose with the moustache of a Rajasthani artist in traditional attire in Bikaner.
A tourist is being entertained by a Rajasthani artist on her arrival by Maharaja Express train in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Tourists being entertained by a Rajasthani artist on their arrival by Maharaja Express train in Bikaner.
Tourists pose with a Rajasthani artist on their arrival by Maharaja Express train in Bikaner.
Girdhar Vyas hugging a tree with his mustache on the occasion of World Environment Day in Bikaner.
A man shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote in Mumbai.
Girdhar Vyas with 17m long mustache playing Holi in Bikaner.
Sankaracharya Swami Adhokchajanand showing a sadhu's 9 ft long hair at Magh Mela in Allahabad.
Foreign tourists amuse with the mustache artists during 21st International Camel Festival -2014 in Bikaner.
A performer displays his mustache during a programme in Kurukshetra.
A supporter of Aam Aadmi Party carrying a broom celebrates the party's excellent show in Delhi Assembly elections, in Allahabad.
A Rajasthani artist welcoming the tourists on their arrival by Maharaja Express train in Bikaner.
A paramilitary soldier stands guard during a curfew in Muzaffarnagar.
Participant Dieter Besuch shows his beard with which he competes in the Whiskers Freestyle category of the International German Beard Championships at Congress Centrum in Pforzheim...
Giridhar Vyas (C) having 17.5 feet long moustache shows to the tourists at the Camel Festival in Ladera Village in Bikaner.
Turkish students hold a poster with photos of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, US President Barack Obama, center, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, made to loo...
An artist amuses a foreign tourist with his moustache at the Shilpgram Crafts Fair in Udaipur.
A Sadhu smokes marijuana during the preparations for the upcoming over-a-month-long Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad.
Supreme Court has said that the officers of the Indian AIr Force cannot grow beard.
The case, a plea fr
A British Sikh woman, who suffers from a condition that causes facial hair growth, has been selected for a new portrait se
Actress Chitrangada Singh thinks BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could try abandoning his beard in favour of
The main opposition Pakistan People's Party today decided to boycott next week's presidential poll, paving the way for the
When it comes to moustaches, Indians are second only to the Mexicans.
This is the finding of an online survey
Rejecting the plea of a Muslim student that he should be permitted to sport a beard in hi
Two almost simultaneous discoveries: this and this.
Am really kicking myself that it did not occur to me to check who had decided a moustache case that had provided much mirth in our office.
And to think that it was decided, or at least reported, just a day after the controversial beard case, by the same SC bench with presumably the same Justice Katju acting as the spokesperson.
Totally escaped me. Here it is. At least, the judges are consistent in their rulings:
"If it is your family custom, keep it within the family. But when you have joined an organisation you have to to follow ," a bench of Justices RV Raveendran and Markandeya Katju quipped, dismissing Victor De's petition challenging his termination by the public sector airlines authorities.
...The apex court rejected counsel Sanjiv Sen's argument that Victor De cannot be discriminated against by the national carrier as the operation manuals of the Aircraft Act 1953 permitted the members of the Sikh community to sport beards and moustache.
"For the Sikhs sporting a moustache or beard is an indispensable part of his religion. But not for you," the bench observed.
The bench said that the airline has every right to insist that the flight crew follow certain etiquette and dress code for presenting a smart appearance before the passengers in the aircraft.
According to the apex court, even hostesses are not permitted to leave open their plait lest hair find their way into the food and beverages served to passengers. "There is nothing wrong in such rules otherwise some hair might even fall on the food served to the passengers," the bench said.
The apex court also said sporting a long moustache could intimidate children travelling in the aircraft. "There is also a feeling of children being apprehensive of the person," the apex court said.
See here: A Moustache Can Cost You Your Job
I Background
1.1. Is it true that a 'restriction has been imposed on beard and burqa' because of the SC ruling it as a sign of the Taliban?No such restriction has been imposed or even suggested. There is a controversy because of certain reported remarks of a Supreme Court judge that are not part of any iudgement or ruling. But even those remarks (a)do not imply the above and (b) whatever the judge is reported to have said is not part of any court record and we only have sketchy PTI reports to go on [See here and here] about what the judge said and in what context.
Also See: After The Beard, Came The Moustache...
