Sabarimala Temple Verdict

Sabarimala verdict: P Vijayan accuses RSS of creating 'law and order situation' in Kerala, says govt will implement court order

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday lashed out at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for "trying to create a law and order situation in the state" by taking advantage of Supreme Court's verdict to allow entry of all women in the Sabarimala temple.

Women's entry into Sabarimala: Opposition accuses govt of enforcing political agenda; activists decry 'patriarchal mindset' behind protests

Noted women activist P Geetha said the forces behind the protests were men with patriarchal mindsets.

Kerala Congress leaders protest against SC verdict on Sabarimala temple, accuse Left govt of interfering with shrine's traditions

Kerala unit of Congress claims that the state government is interfering with tradition and customs of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple.

Kerala government says it is 'impractical' to have separate queues for woman at Sabarimala temple

On 28 October, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple.

'SC ignored Sabarimala verdict's social impact': Ramesh Chennithala urges Travancore Devaswom Board to challenge ruling

Ramesh Chennithala said the Supreme Court's Sabarimala verdict was based on wrong arguments and divergent views taken by the Travancore board and the Kerala government.

'Real women devotees' unlikely to visit Sabarimala temple, says Travancore Devaswom Board president

The apex court had on 28 September lifted the ban on the entry of women aged between 10-50 years to the Sabarimala temple, holding that the centuries-old Hindu religious practise was illegal and unconstitutional.

Sabarimala verdict Updates: Judgment gives choice to women instead of imposing tradition, says women panel chief

Sabarimala verdict LIVE updates: From reading down Section 377 that criminalised consensual gay sex in adults, to scrapping the adultery law that treated a married woman as a property of her husband, the Supreme Court has championed the tenets of gender parity in its recent judgments