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Sabarimala: 9-judge bench to hear pleas from April 7
April 05, 2026 4:48 am
Earlier, the state’s ruling Left Democratic Front government had supported the decision of the five-judge bench lifting the age restrictions.
Sabarimala case: Can't remain oblivious to ban on entry of women into temple, says SC
July 26, 2018 8:52 pm
Senior advocate K Radhhakrishnan, appearing for the Pandalam royal family, referred to the concept of morality and and said that the constitutional morality cannot override the private morality in cases of religious practices.
Supreme Court questions rationale behind fixing age group for women's entry into Sabarimala
July 19, 2018 11:46 pm
Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the board, said that the temple has the bona fide custom and it was "physiologically impossible for women to observe 41 days of penance".
Women have fundamental right to enter Sabarimala temple: Supreme Court
July 18, 2018 9:45 pm
Earlier in January this year, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the Sabarimala Temple, had decided to make proof-of-age documents mandatory for female devotees at the shrine.
Why women activists in Kerala are up in arms about a mountain they can’t climb
January 01, 2018 7:45 pm
Women activists are battling the LDF government for their right to scale the peak of Agasthyarkoodam, trekking to which has been prohibited to women and children under the age of 14
Sabarimala Temple row: LDF govt says will not 'hurt' anybody on women entry issue
May 31, 2016 7:56 pm
The LDF is closely looking into the matter of Sabarimala as it doesn't want to be biased and hurt anybody on issue of entry of women of menstruating age.
Will not interfere in customs and traditions of Sabarimala: CM Oommen Chandy
June 03, 2020 6:24 pm
"Government doesn't interfere beyond a point on matters with regard to (religious) customs and faith," Chandy said when asked about the stand of his government on the issue.
Sabarimala row: Gender equality is a constitutional message, says SC
April 19, 2016 1:29 am
The court is hearing a PIL, filed by Indian Young Lawyers’ Association (IYLA), seeking entry of women in the Sabarimala temple, located on a hill-top in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district.
Religious quagmires
January 16, 2016 8:20 am
Can elements of a secular morality be enforced in ways that don’t reinforce a sense of state arbitrariness?
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