Supreme Court asks women to be patient on Sabarimala row
The Supreme Court today declined to pass an order on a petition by two women who sought protection to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
The top court said the issue was "very emotive" and it did not want the situation to become "explosive".
The Kerala government now maintains it will not provide security to "activists" who try to enter Sabarimala.
The Supreme court had last year allowed girls and women of all age groups to visit the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala, following which a batch of review petitions was filed.
Last month, the top court while deciding on a petition to review its 2018 order referred the matter to a larger seven-judge bench.