Sabarimala Issue

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Sabarimala case: SC says it can refer questions of law to larger bench

A bench headed by CJ SA Bobde framed seven questions to be heard by a nine-judge Constitutional bench relating to freedom of religion

10 Feb 2020 11:51 AM

Though it is government's responsibility to implement the current Supreme Court judgment, there is a general feeling in legal circles about certain confusion related to the verdict.

CPM says no decision yet on issue of Sabarimala issue

In a statement, the secretariat said the CPM's well stated position is that man- woman equality should be ensured in all spheres.

17 Nov 2019 7:11 AM

Supreme Court call on Sabarimala is counterintuitive

SC has also kept the review petitions on an issue that has been agitating the minds of a lot of people, especially in South India, pending.

16 Nov 2019 12:00 AM

Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president A Padmakumar on Wednesday said the state government and the Board are committed to implementing the Supreme Court's verdict on a batch of review petitions challenging the entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala temple. (Photo: File)

Here is a timeline of temple entry issue ahead of SC verdict today

The verdict will be delivered by bench comprising CJI and Justices Nariman, Khanwilkar, Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra at 10:30 am today.

14 Nov 2019 8:37 AM

The election commission on Monday warned political parties in Kerala not to use the Sabarimala temple matter as a campaign issue. (Photo: File)

No use of Sabarimala for LS polls campaign: EC warns parties

The CEO also said the commission would not allow any kind of violation that puts any political party at an advantage over another.

11 Mar 2019 7:08 PM

A five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will start hearing the petitions from February 6 onwards. (Photo: File)

SC to hear pleas challenging women entry to Sabarimala temple on Feb 6

The case was earlier scheduled for January 22, but had to be cancelled as Justice Indu Malhotra was on medical leave.

31 Jan 2019 5:16 PM

'As I came out of my house, a man came running, hit me on the face and head and poured cow dung water on me,' Priyanandan later told reporters. (Photo: Facebook)

Cow dung thrown at National award-winning director after Sabarimala post

The director said the incident took place at 9 am as he came out of his house at Cherpu in Thrissur district.

25 Jan 2019 2:49 PM

Pointing out that he respects women, Sudhakaran said his speech should have been heard in total, rather than using some words here and there. (Photo: File)

Kerala Congress leader courts row over sexist remark, apologises

'When Vijayan assumed office, I thought he will do much like a man, but it turns out that he is worse than women,' Sudhakaran said.

24 Jan 2019 3:32 PM

Bindu, a college lecturer and CPI(ML) activist from Kozhikode, and Kanakadurga, a civil supplies department employee from Malappuram, visited Sabarimala shrine on January 2. (Photo: File | PTI)

51 women below 50 have entered Sabarimala: Kerala govt tells SC

The court was hearing pleas of two women in their 40s, Bindu and Kanakadurga, who entered Sabarimala shrine on Jan 2.

18 Jan 2019 3:34 PM

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and Dinesh Maheshwari said it was only going into the aspect of security to the two women and would not like to entertain any other prayer. (Photo: File)

2 Kerala women, who entered Sabarimala, to get round-the-clock security: SC

Bindu Ammini (40) and Kanakadurga (39), fearing for their lives, had petitioned the top court seeking security.

18 Jan 2019 12:38 PM

Bindu Ammini, 40, a law lecturer at Kerala’s Kannur University and Kanaka Durga, 39, a civil servant told the top court that their life is in danger. (Photo: AFP | File)

Women who entered Sabarimala seek protection, SC to hear plea tomorrow

Bindu and Kanaka Durga told SC that their life is in danger as Durga was later allegedly assaulted by her relatives.

17 Jan 2019 12:43 PM

Yechury alleged the RSS and the BJP were violating law in Kerala and had turned Sabarimala into 'Ayodhya of South India' by polarising people on religious grounds. (Photo: File)

PM Modi's Sabarimala comments 'contempt of court': Sitaram Yechury

PM said conduct of Kerala's govt on Sabarimala issue would go down in history as one of 'most shameful behaviours by any party and govt'.

17 Jan 2019 11:07 AM

Violence involving BJP-RSS and the ruling CPI(M) rocked parts of Kerala during the January 3 hartal with several houses and shops of rival leaders and workers being attacked over the entry of two women into the Sabarimala shrine, breaking a centuries-old tradition. (Photo: File)

'No hidden agenda in entry of women to Sabarimala': Kerala tells court

It is also practically not possible to ascertain the antecedents and genuineness of all the devotees visiting Sabarimala, govt said.

16 Jan 2019 9:24 AM

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman judge of the five-judge constitution bench which had delivered the verdict in the Sabarimala case is on leave on medical grounds. (Photo: File)

Sabarimala: SC may not start hearing on review pleas from Jan 22

'Justice Indu Malhotra is on leave due to some medical reasons,' the bench said.

15 Jan 2019 11:59 AM

The Sangh Parivar workers were trying to destroy the law and order situation in the state, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said. (Photo: ANI)

'Govt won't be cowed down by threats’: Kerala CM on Sabarimala row

Pinarayi Vijayan said, 'Violence is violence and the government will take strong measures to curb it'.

07 Jan 2019 7:23 PM

The state has been witnessing violent protests by activists of the BJP and Hindu right organisations since Wednesday afternoon over the successful entry of two women of reproductive age into the Sabarimala temple. (Photo: File)

Sabarimala stir turns violent, 745 held

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan blamed the BJP-RSS combine for the violence and warned of stern action against the perpetrators.

04 Jan 2019 5:41 AM

Kerala shutdown: Guv seeks urgent report from CM on Sabarimala violence

Governor P Sathasivam also appealed to all sections of people to maintain calm and peace across the state.

03 Jan 2019 8:05 PM

The state is on a boil since Wednesday when two women-- Bindu and Kanakadurga in their forties trekked the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and offered prayers early wednesday, taking everyone by surprise. (Photo: File)

Sabarimala protests: 266 arrested, 334 taken under preventive custody in past 2 days

The dawn to dusk shutdown was called by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of various pro-Hindutva groups.

03 Jan 2019 7:30 PM

The Chief Minister said that the two women who visited Sabarimala early Wednesday morning were not airdropped, but went as normal devotees. (Photo: File)

'Conspiracy for political gains': Kerala CM lashes out for violence during hartal

CM said that observing a hartal in the name of women's entry into the shrine was like calling a hartal against the Supreme Court order.

03 Jan 2019 7:18 PM

Three BJP workers injured at Vadanappally in Thrissur district during clashes with Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers. (Photo: ANI)

Kerala shutdown: 3 BJP workers stabbed while enforcing bandh in Thrissur

Dawn-to-dusk hartal has been called by Hindu outfits in Kerala today after 2 women in their 40s entered Sabarimala yesterday.

03 Jan 2019 10:40 AM

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