Supreme Court says women of all ages can enter Sabarimala Temple
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday lifted the ban on women of menstruating age at the Sabarimala Temple. Opening the gates of the temple in Kerala, dedicated to Lord Ayyappa, to the women in the age group of 10-50, the top court said it was violative of fundamental rights that the constitution guarantees. Chief Justice Dipak Misra reading out the judgment also on behalf of Justice AM Khanwilkar, said that subversion of women's rights under the garb of physiological phenomenon cannot be allowed. Justice Indu Malhotra, the only woman judge in the five-judges bench, gave a dissenting judgment.