the apex court that it favoured the entry of women of all age groups in the historic Sabarimala temple. Initially, the LDF government had taken a progressive stand in 2007 by favouring women's entry in the temple, which was over-turned by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) dispensation later. It had observed that women are conferred with constitutional rights and it would pass a detailed order in case the matter is referred to such a constitution bench. The apex court had earlier questioned the practice of barring entry of women to Sabarimala temple, saying it would test whether "faith and belief" can differentiate among persons of the same denomination. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna February 20, 2017 11:03 UTC