Tag: Sabarimala temple case
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Council of counsels to discuss issues of Sabarimala, Muslim, Parsi women on Jan 17: CJI
The CJI suggested the meeting between opposing sides to fine-tune the issues already suggested by the Sabarimala bench while giving them three weeks to come up with issues to be considered.
January 13, 2020 -
Women-entry to Sabarimala not stayed; SC refers review pleas to larger 7-judge bench
The larger bench will decide religious issues relating to Sabarimala, entry of women into mosques, practice of female genital mutilation, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.
November 14, 2019 -
SC verdict on review petitions against its 2018 Sabarimala order tomorrow
On September 28, last year, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by then CJI Dipak Misra, lifted the ban on the entry of women of menstrual age into the temple sparking widespread protests across Kerala.
November 13, 2019 -
Exit polls gone wrong in past, CPI(M) will win big in Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan
All exit polls, barring one, have predicted that the CPI(M)-led LDF is going to take a severe beating in the southern state, with around five of the total 20 seats.
May 20, 2019 -
‘Only because of Sabarimala verdict’: SC to hear plea on women’s entry in mosques
A Pune-based Muslim couple had filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking Muslim women's entry inside mosques to offer namaz.
April 16, 2019 -
Amid reports of possible tension, Sabarimala temple opens for 5-day puja
Two young women Bindu and Kanakadurga had entered the hill shrine on 2 January during the Makaravilkku season leading to a huge protest.
February 13, 2019 -
Exclusionary practice in Sabarimala based on deity character, petitioners tell SC; Kerala govt opposes
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the then Chief Justice Misra had on September 28 last year junked the age-old tradition of the Lord Ayyappa temple by a majority verdict of 4:1.
February 6, 2019 -
Woman who entered Sabarimala temple thrown out by in-laws, sent to shelter home
Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini (40) had entered the hill shrine on January 3, breaking a centuries-old tradition and defying dire threats from right-wing groups.
January 23, 2019 -
Lakhs of women to form 620 km ‘Women’s Wall’ in Kerala today to uphold gender equality
The proposed wall was suggested at a meeting called by the Kerala government in the backdrop of frenzied protests by right-wing parties and a section of devotees over the state's decision to implement the September 28 top court order, allowing women of all ages to Sabarimala.
January 1, 2019 -
Two Kerala women stopped metres from Sabarimala temple; police lathi-charge protesters
Earlier on Sunday, 11 women, all from Tamil Nadu, had come to Pamba base camp ready for a trek to the shrine to pray to Lord Ayyappa, but were stopped by protesters.
December 24, 2018 -
Man sets himself ablaze at Sabarimala protest venue, dies; BJP targets Kerala CM
Chanting Swamiye saranam Ayyappa, Nair set himself ablaze after pouring petrol over his body and tried to run to the makeshift tent where senior BJP leader C.K. Padmanabhan had been staging an indefinite fast.
December 13, 2018 -
Two different voices in SC ‘dangerous’: AG KK Venugopal on Sabarimala verdict
On September 28, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 4:1 verdict, had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying the ban amounted to gender discrimination.
December 10, 2018 -
Kerala temple priest suspended for ‘abusive’ Facebook comments on minister
The priest had allegedly posted abusive comments against the minister after BJP state general secretary K Surendran was arrested by police as he defied police orders not to go to the Lord Ayyappa shrine.
November 22, 2018 -
Pilgrims not ‘Gulag inmates’: Amit Shah slams Kerala govt over police action at Sabarimala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were the ones who were arrested on Sunday night.
November 20, 2018 -
60 arrested after midnight clashes at Sabarimala; protesters camp outside Kerala CM’s house
The situation started growing tense late on Sunday when despite prohibitory orders, over 200 pilgrims did not vacate the premise and started singing Lord Ayyappa hymns.
November 19, 2018 -
Trupti Desai headed to Sabarimala temple, stuck at Cochin airport as protesters block exit
Desai had earlier written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the state DGP, requesting police protection for her visit to the Sabarimala temple on November 17.
November 16, 2018 -
Cong, BJP walk out of all-party meet as Kerala CM says can’t go against Sabarimala verdict
The meeting comes a day after the apex court refused to stay its September 28 verdict, lifting the centuries-old ban on girls and women in the 10-50 age group from entering the shrine.
November 15, 2018