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India News: The Madras High Court on Saturday said that a woman can't be stopped from entering a temple on the grounds that she is a widow and made it clear that
The Madras High Court has said a woman by herself has a status and an identity, and that cannot be taken away depending on her marital status.Justice N. Anand Venkatesh made the observation while hearing a petition filed by a widow, P. .
The Madras High Court has said 'dogma' like preventing entry of a widow into a temple cannot happen in a civilised society governed by law and made it clear that a woman, by herself has an identity.