Sabarimala temple entry verdict today

The Kerala government, which has been changing its stand on the contentious issue of women of the menstrual age group entering the Sabarimala temple, had on July 18 told the Supreme Court that it now favoured their entry. The apex court had on October 13 last year referred the issue to a constitution bench after framing five “significant” questions including whether the practice of banning entry of women into the temple amounted to discrimination and violated their fundamental rights under the Constitution. Parties supporting the practice of barring the women aged 10 to 50 from entering the temple had told the court: “It is a unique Ayyappa temple following a religious practice as protected by Article 25(1) on the strength of the religious practice based on the religious belief from time immemorial.”
‘Antiquity of practice’
Referring to the antiquity of practice, the court was told that the temple could invoke Article 25(1) to protect the practice, and since its management was entrusted to a board by a statute, it was duty-bound to protect a practice based on religious belief.
Source :  https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sabarimala-temple-entry-verdict-today/article25063619.ece

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