SC Directs Kerala Govt To Give Adequate Protection To Two Women Who Entered Sabarimala [Read Order]
Live LawThe Supreme Court on Friday directed the state of Kerala to ensure that Bindu and Kanaka Durga, the two women who had entered the Sabarimala Temple on Janaury 2, are provided "adequate security, round-the-clock". The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had awarded an urgent hearing on their petition, after it was mentioned by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on Thursday, submitting. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had awarded an urgent hearing on their petition, after it was mentioned by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on Thursday, submitting that the women were living under constant fear and that they needed police protection and security from the agitated mob protesting their temple entry. Declining to allow the tagging, the bench recorded, "we deem it appropriate to close the present writ petition by directing that the state shall accord adequate security to the petitioners round-the-clock" Read The Order