PTI, NEW DELHI: Legal experts have differing views on alleged violation of the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple with some suggesting “more patience” and others blaming the Centre for the non-compliance.
On September 28, a five-judge constitution bench in a 4:1 verdict paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala saying that the prevalent practice of banning women of 10 to 50 years amounted to gender discrimination.
The hill-top shrine has witnessed violent protests in support of and against the apex court verdict recently.
Senior lawyers and constitutional law experts Rakesh Dwivedi and Rajeev Dhavan were of the view that though the citizenry “by and large” respects apex court verdicts, more patience is needed in implementing the judgements in contentious issues like the Sabarimala case.
