The Supreme Court refused to immediately hear a review petition against its decision of allowing women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
The Sabarimala temple will be open for 24 hours on November 5-6. Ranjan Gogoi, the Chief Justice said that all petitions challenging the top court’s historic verdict will be heard in the first or second week of November.
The temple had seen a high drama recently with around a dozen women in the 10-50 age group being prevented by protesting devotees from entering it after the doors were opened for all the women.
On September 28, a five-member constitutional bench headed by then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had allowed the entry of women of a menstrual age (10 to 50) in the temple.
Following the Apex court’s decision, Several protests were staged after the doors of the Lord Ayyappa’s temple opened on October 17 for the first time in compliance with the apex court’s verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the shrine.