The recent 73rd amendment of Indian constitution in 1992 made it mandatory to elect women in the Panchayat bodies (lowest level local administrative units) but I found that though women are even elected as Pradhan (chief) in many Panchayats of the Bhotia Mahal, they are only the de-jure c...
Preventing women from entering the places of worship goes againstArticles 14, 15, 19, and 25 of the Indian constitution, which deal with the right to equality, the right against discrimination based on gender, freedom of movement and freedom of religion. The excluded women claim that barring th...