Even after the Supreme Court lifted the centuries’ old prohibition of women between ages 10 and 50 from entering Sabarimala Temple, Congress in Kerala has once again started to oppose the entry. The Congress leader and leader of Opposition in Kerala Ramesh Chennithala has said that they will discuss the issue with the former temple board officials and Pandalam royal family to file a review petition on the top court’s judgment on Friday.
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The Supreme Court had pronounced a verdict in the long pending case on permission for women to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The Supreme Court has observed, “What applies to a man, applies to a woman. Woman’s right to pray was not dependent on any law but it is a Constitutional right”. It also said, “Once you open it for the public, anyone can go”.
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The Congress party has always backed the centuries’ old tradition of not allowing women aged between 10 to 50-year inside the Sabarimala Temple. Chennithala said the government-run Travancore Devaswom Board, which runs the Sabarimala temple, should file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Monday.
“The social impact and practical difficulties of the Supreme Court verdict should be taken into consideration,” said the leader of Opposition Chennithala.
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The case was brought to the Supreme Court’s notice after an Indian Young Lawyers Association filed a PIL challenging the practice of disallowing entry of women aged between 10 years to 50 years. The case has been before the Supreme Court since 2006 however, the first hearing was done only on July 17, 2018.
