Supreme Court of India

Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors. v. State of Ker,ala & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 14 S.C.R. 618

Bench Dipak Misra J.

Decided 13 October 2017

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From the headnote

Re!igion/Religiou.1· Institutions - Gender Discrimination - Exclusion of women from entering temple on basis of custom and usage - Constitutionality of - Petitioners pleaded for issue of appropriate writ or direction - to ensure entry of female devotees between age group JO to 50 yrs at the Lord Ayappa Temple at Sabrimala, Kera/a which has been denied to them on the basis of certain custom and usage; and to declare d(b) of the Kera/a Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorisation of Ent1y) Rules. 1965 framed in exercise of powers cm1ferred ~y s.4 of the Kera/a Hindu Places of Public Worship

Authorities it was built on

2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors cited by 51
1954 Ratilal Panachand Gandhi v. The State of Bombay and Others cited by 32
1963 Tilkayat Shri Govindlalji Maharaj v. The State of Rajasthan and Others cited by 26
1989 S. Rangarajan Etc. v. P. Jagjivan Ram & Ors. cited by 15
2008 Satyawati Sharma (dead) by Lrs. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 15
2011 Ram Jethmalani and Ors. v. Union of Indla and Ors. cited by 14
2007 Sanja Y Singh & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service Commission Allahabad and Anr. cited by 14
1966 Sastri Y Agnapurushadji and Others v. Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya and Another cited by 11
1982 S.P. Mittal Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Others cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2026 Mizo Chief Council Mizoram Thr. President Shri L. Chinzah v. Union of India referred to
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India Private Limited & Ors. referred to
2023 Association of Vasanth Apartments’ Owners v. V. Gopinath & Ors referred to
2023 Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra &anr. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2022 Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors referred to
2019 Kantaru Rajeevaru v. Indian Young Lawyers Association Thr. its General Secretary and Ors. referred to

Of those, 9 referred to

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