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All women can enter Sabarimala temple, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Friday removed a ban that prevented women betwen 10 and 50 years of age from entering Kerala's Sabarimala temple -- the latest in a recent series of landmark decisions, including the decriminalisation of gay sex and adultery.
Published : 28 Sept 2018, 05:48 AM
Updated : 28 Sept 2018, 05:48 AM
The Sabarimala shrine, located northeast of Pathanamthitta in a tiger reserve, is dedicated to the Hindu deity Ayyappan. Devotees consider Ayyappan to be an eternal celibate.
Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar said devotion can't be subject to gender discrimination, India Today reports.
Misra and Khanwilkar delivered one of four judgments. Justices Rohinton F Nariman and Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud concurred.
In recent weeks, the Supreme Court has delivered a series of historic judgments. It partially struck down one colonial-era law and scrapped another to decriminalise sex between consenting adults of the same sex and adultery. It said Aadhaar, a biometric database on more than 1.22 billion Indians, was valid -- but imposed curbs.
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