WOMEN TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE INNER SANCTORUM OF THE HAJI ALI DARGAH:

Haji Ali Dargah Trust on 24 October 2016 told Su­preme Court (SC) that it will grant equal access to women to the inner sanctorum of the Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on a par with men. The Dargah Trust sought four weeks' time for making changes in the infrakructute. The Supreme Court earlier on 17 October 2016 extended the stay granted by Bombay High Court to facilitate an appeal against its decision to lift the ban on entry of women. The 15th century shrine located on a rocky outcrop in the Arabian Sea, 500m from the Mumbai coastline, houses the tomb of Sufi saint Haji Ali. The trust had banned women from the inner sanctum in 2012.


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