Fulfil vow! Kerala HC offers 9-year-old woman nod to go to Sabarimala

By Express News Service
KOCHI: The High Court on Saturday directed the state authorities to allow a nine-year-old woman to go to Sabarimala together with her dad and mom. A division bench comprising Justice P B Suresh Kumar and Justice Okay Babu issued the order whereas permitting a petition filed by Nanditha Raj of Vaikom. P G Jayasankar, counsel for the petitioner, stated her dad and mom had made a vow earlier than her delivery that they’d take the kid as soon as for Sabarimala darshan. 

In order to fulfil it, the dad and mom utilized for darshan by way of the temple’s portal. Though the dad and mom bought bookings, the woman’s request was rejected. The counsel acknowledged that she is going to flip 10 on June 8. Last 12 months, on account of the unfold of the pandemic and the resultant lockdown, she was not in a position to go to the Ayyappa temple. She tried to ebook by way of the digital queue reserving system, but it surely failed.

Nanditha stated if she just isn’t permitted to go to the temple earlier than she turns 10, she will be unable to go to the temple for an additional 4 many years.The petition acknowledged that the motion on the a part of the state police chief in not enabling her to use for the digital queue system to have darshan was violative of her proper below Article 25 of the Constitution. The courtroom directed the state police to make sure that she is ready to go to the temple alongside together with her dad and mom on the day on which they’ve reserving for darshan.