The Sabarimala ruling of the Supreme Court has prompted many litigants to demand similar rights for women facing restrictions to enter the sanctum sanctorum of mosques, churches and Parsi temples. This petition has been clubbed with another petition moved in the HC by three law students – Deeba Faryal, Shivangi Kumari, and Anukriti Sugam. They claimed to have visited the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi where they were greeted by a signboard restricting women from entering the sanctum sanctorum. They have demanded women be allowed access to the sanctum sanctorum of the Dargah, which can be accessed only by Muslim men. According to the petition filed by Kkumar in Delhi HC, gender cannot be a ground to discriminate against women of any religion from offering prayers.

Source: dna April 20, 2019 00:00 UTC