{"id":54202,"date":"2018-09-28T10:46:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T05:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54202"},"modified":"2018-09-28T10:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T05:16:36","slug":"will-women-be-allowed-entry-at-sabarimala-temple-supreme-court-to-decide-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/will-women-be-allowed-entry-at-sabarimala-temple-supreme-court-to-decide-today","title":{"rendered":"Will women be allowed entry at Sabarimala temple? 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