New Delhi: Observing that the right of a woman to pray was equal to that of a man, the Supreme Court yesterday heard the controversial ban of entry to woman aged between 10 years and 50 years at the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala.
“Your right to pray being a woman is equal to that of a man and it is not dependent on a law to enable you to do that,” observed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, while hearing the matter observed, “On what basis you (temple authorities) deny the entry. It is against the Constitutional mandate. Once you open it for public, anybody can go.” The temple has refused to allow women of menstruating age to enter the temple.
