Sabarimala row: TDB to approach SC seeking more time

Thiruvananthapuram | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Travancore Devaswom Board TDB ) in a meeting has decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking more time to implement its verdict allowing women's entry to Sabarimala . On this, the TDB president said, "It is not practical to bring in any type of control on the age old practices. All these issues will be brought before the Supreme Court,’’ said A Padmakumar.He said the TDB cannot seek a time frame for implementing the order, hence it is up to the Supreme Court to decide on this. But we need more time to prepare for it," he said.The TDB had sought a legal opinion on the chances of filing a petition before the Supreme Court. After getting the same, the board unanimously decided to approach the apex court..