{"id":41436,"date":"2016-02-12T20:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41436"},"modified":"2016-02-13T03:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T22:19:46","slug":"follow-gov-advisory-on-devadasis-sc-to-states-uts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/follow-gov-advisory-on-devadasis-sc-to-states-uts","title":{"rendered":"Follow gov advisory on &#8216;Devadasis&#8217;: SC to states, UTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38395\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-on-july-20-cbi-plea-in-vyapam-case\/supreme_court_2426338f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SUPREME_COURT_2426338f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Follow gov advisory on 'Devadasis': SC to states, UTs \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow gov advisory on &#8216;Devadasis&#8217;: SC to states, UTs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terming the practice as &#8220;undesired and unhealthy&#8221;, the Supreme Court today asked all states and union territories (UTs) to strictly follow the Centre&#8217;s advisory on checking the practice of forcing young girls to serve as &#8216;Devadasis&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Justices F M I Kalifullah and S A Bobde took on record the advisory of the Ministry of Home Affairs and disposed of a PIL filed by Kerala-based NGO S L Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The MHA has sent the advisory to all states and UTs on December 22.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Devadasis&#8217; are women dedicated to temple services for the rest of their lives and many of them are often victims of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>State laws like the Karnataka Devadasis Prohibition of Dedication Act, 1982 and Maharashtra Devadasis Abolition Act, 2006 have completely abolished such practices, the counsel appearing for the Centre said.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand also said that the &#8216;Devadasis system&#8217; is in contravention of various IPC provisions. 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