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The Supreme Court decided to consider on Tuesday when it will hear multiple review petitions filed against its September 28 majority judgment allowing women of all ages entry into the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Responding to an oral mentioning to urgently list the petitions, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday orally observed that the listing of the 19 review petitions would be considered on October 23. The mentioning was made by advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara for the National Ayyappa Devotees Association. The court had earlier declined to stay the judgment. It had also refused to hear them before the court had closed for Dasara holidays on October 12. A Constitution Bench of the court, in a majority of 4:1, had upheld the 12-year-old PIL plea filed by Indian Young Lawyers Association challenging the prohibition on women aged between 10 and 50 from undertaking the pilgrimage to Sabarimala temple. The Bench found that a restriction on women solely based on their menstrual status was a smear on their individual dignity.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-to-list-review-petitions-today/article25292000.ece
