Krishnadas Rajagopal
New Delhi.
Tagging a woman's right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple with her menstrual cycle is unreasonable, the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench observed on Wednesday.
The Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked whether
the exclusion of women aged between 10 and 50 from entering a temple because they are considered ' impure ' amounts to the practice of untouchability, a social evil abolished by law.
The CJI said there is no concept of " private mandirs ( temples )."
Once a temple is opened, everybody can go and offer prayers. Nobody can be excluded. The Chief Justice noted that the Sabarimala temple drew funds from the Consolidated Fund, had people coming from all over
the world and thus, qualified to be called a " public place of
worship."
A batch of petitions has challenged the prohibition on women of a certain age group from entering the Sabarimala temple.
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( The Hindu, city edition, Chennai, Thursday, July 19, 2018 )
Courtesy : MPS
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