{"id":54210,"date":"2018-09-28T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T06:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54210"},"modified":"2018-09-28T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T06:02:43","slug":"supreme-court-lifts-ban-on-entry-of-women-to-sabarimala-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-lifts-ban-on-entry-of-women-to-sabarimala-temple","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court lifts ban on entry of women to Sabarimala Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"54211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-lifts-ban-on-entry-of-women-to-sabarimala-temple\/18tvpt-rush1-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?fit=660%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,467\" 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=\"18tvpt-rush1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?fit=640%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?resize=640%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?resize=141%2C100&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/18tvpt-rush1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Friday pronounced its verdict\u00a0on entry of women into the Sabarimala temple of Kerala.\u00a0While reading out the verdict, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said, \u201cThe practice of barring women in age group of 10-50 to go inside the temple is violative of constitutional principles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verdict is disappointing but since the highest court of the country ruled we are duty-bound to accept it, says Sabarimala head priest Tantri Rajeevaru Kandarar.\u00a0Women said to be of menstrual age are restricted from entering the temple as its presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is considered to be a celibate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2006, Indian Young Lawyers Association filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing this practice and sought the lifting of the ban.\u00a0Justice Indu Malhotra&#8211;the lone woman judge on the five-judge Constituion Bench&#8211;delivered a dissenting verdict.\u00a0The other judges on the bench are Justices R.F. 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