Sabarimala all-women entry continues

NEW DELHI: Whether the Supreme Court should review its decision to end the ban on women between 10 and 50 years entering Kerala's Sabarimala Temple will be taken up by a larger seven-judge bench. Reading out a majority verdict on Thursday, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the question of whether women of all ages should be allowed into Sabarimala is part of a larger debate that includes issues like allowing Muslim and Parsi women to enter religious practice and female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra community.

"Fresh opportunities to be given to all parties," the Chief Justice stated.

Restrictions on women in religious places was not limited to Sabarimala and was prevalent in other religions too, the court said. See P6