6/4/2019 The Nizamuddin dargah PIL cannot be conflated with Sabarimala
COMMENTARY / RELIGION Why a PIL on women’s entry at the Nizamuddin dargah cannot be compared to Sabarimala MOHSIN ALAM BHAT
04 June 2019
SARAVANA BHARATHI FOR THE CARAVAN
On 6 Decem er 2018, three female law tudent from Pune led a pu licintere t litigation in the Delhi high court, eeking the entr of women (http ://www.livelaw.in/pilindelhihc eekingentr ofwomenintonizamuddin dargahreadpetition/) to the inner precinct of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auli a dargah in the capital. The PIL wa led arel week after a vejudge ench of the upreme Court lifted the an on women’ entr (http ://www. upremecourto ndia.nic.in/ upremecourt/2006/18956/18956_2006_Judgem https://caravanmagazine.in/religion/nizamuddindargah-pil-women-entry-sabarimala 1/9 6/4/2019 The Nizamuddin dargah PIL cannot be conflated with Sabarimala ep2018.pd ) into the a arimala temple in Kerala. videntl , the a arimala judgement ha had a ca cading e ect (http ://www.livemint.com/politic /new / c i ue noticeonpleaforentr ofmu limwomenintomo que 1555441362136.html), with the upreme Court now hearing another PIL (http :// arand ench.com/wpcontent/upload /2019/04/Mu limwomen Mo que.pd ), led a Mu lim couple, demanding that the prohi ition on the entr of Mu lim women in an mo que e declared illegal in India.
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