SC agrees to hear 49 review petitions in Sabarimala case on Jan 22

November 13, 2018 16:02

The Supreme Court today agreed to review in open court its own order ending Sabarimala temple's ban on women of menstrual age.

The court will hear 49 petitions challenging the ruling on January 22.

In September, the court had ruled that women of all ages must be allowed in the renowned temple, ending a ban that prevented women and girls between 10 and 50 years from entering the shrine to celibate Lord Ayyappa.

"Restrictions can't be treated as essential religious practice," the top court had said in a majority four-one judgement, calling the custom "almost like untouchability".

Since that order, however, no woman below 50 has made it to the shrine because of massive protests by devotees who have defied the Supreme Court.

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