London, Dec 17 (ANI): A 54-year old Indian woman, who challenged the law requiring people to speak English before coming to Britain, and argued that these immigration rules preventing her husband from moving to the UK were a violation of human rights, has lost her case.
British citizen Rashida Chapti, argued in the High Court in Birmingham that the rule was a breach of the couple's right to a private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights, and said that her 37-year-old husband Vali Chapti, should be allowed to join her from India.
Using legal aid to fight her case, she also argued that it was a breach of the right to marriage, and the right to be free from discrimination.
The court, however, ruled that the English language requirement did not amount to a breach of the couple's human rights and dismissed the case, The Daily Mail reports.
"The new rule does not indirectly discriminate on the ground of nationality, ethnic origins or disability," the paper quoted Justice Beatson, as saying.
Chapti, from Leicester, who speaks only halting English, vowed to appeal against the decision.
"Naturally I feel very disappointed. It is Christmas and I will be alone without my husband. We will keep fighting for him to come here," she said.
She said it would be easier for her husband, a farmer from Gujarat, to learn English in Britain than India. (ANI)
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