The Supreme Court on Thursday did not alter its ruling allowing women of all ages to enter the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala but asked a seven-judge bench to evolve guidelines to decide cases involving a clash between the right to equality and the right of denominations to follow their customs — a tussle that has been brought to the fore by the campaign to let women into temples, mosques and Parsi agiyaris (fire temples).
 

The Supreme Court on Thursday did not alter its ruling allowing women of all ages to enter the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala but asked a seven-judge bench to evolve guidelines to decide cases involving a clash between the right to equality and the right of denominations to follow their customs — a tussle that has been brought to the fore by the campaign to let women into temples, mosques and Parsi agiyaris (fire temples).