1st Edition
Gender, Freedom of Religion and Progressive Constitutionalism The Impact of the Sabarimala Decision in India
By Sumit Sonkar
Copyright 2026
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the role of courts in settling religious disputes in the context of wider debates around religion and gender. By declaring the long-standing tradition of prohibiting entry of menstruating women in the Sabarimala temple unconstitutional, in the Indian Young Lawyers Association v State of Kerala (Sabarimala case), the Supreme Court of India has not only recognised the women’s... Read more
1. Introduction 2. From Courtroom to Society: Navigating Literature on Women’s Right to Access the Sabarimala Temple 3. Reimagining Equality: An Anatomy of Indian Young Lawyers Association v The State of Kerala 4. Mapping the Rights of Menstruating Women to Access Temples in India: A Bottom-Up Approach Using the Sabarimala Case 5. Courts as Catalysts for Social Change 6. Conclusion
Biography
Sumit Sonkar, PhD, is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University.
