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Tuesday 13 November 2018

Entry of women in Sabarimala: SC to hear review pleas in open court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a host of review pleas against its verdict allowing the entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.

The hearing will take place in an open court on January 22, 2019, Times Now reported.

On September 28, a five-judge constitution bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple saying that the ban amounted to gender discrimination.

A batch of 48 petitions seeking review of the judgement was taken up today for in-chamber consideration by a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra.


The apex court's judgement has led to protests and counter-protests at the hill-top shrine in Kerala.
The top court had on October 9 declined an urgent hearing on the review plea filed by an association which had contended that the five-judge Constitution bench's verdict lifting the ban was "absolutely untenable and irrational".
Later, the court had said that it would consider the review pleas on November 13.
(With inputs from agencies)

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