SC: God does not gender-discriminate

New Delhi: If God does not discriminate between men and women, why should discrimination exist in temples, the Supreme Court asked on Friday as it said it would examine the issue of the entry ban on women of menstrual age in the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala on the basis of constitutional parameters. The Bench said neither the Vedas, nor the Upanishads discriminated on the grounds of gender. Kerala had contended that banning entry was a “matter of religion”. PTI