New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Doing a U-turn, the Travancore Devasom Board, which manages the target Sabarimala temple, told the Supreme Court Wednesday that will respect the verdict lifting age restrictions on the entry of women to the hill shrine, media reports said
The board is controlled by the Kerala Government, which has opposed any review of the top courts September order that ended the temples traditional ban on women between the ages of ten and 50. Five judges of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, are hearing more than 60 petitions that urge a rethink of the verdict, opening the temple doors to women between the ages of 10 and 50. The bench also comprises Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud ...