 An organization called "Indian Young Lawyers Association" filed a public interest litigation in 2006 but it didn't gain national prominence until January 2016 when the Supreme Court asked the Government of Kerala and Travancore Devaswom Board to submit their response with regards to temple entry issue.The case was finally referred to a five-member bench by Supreme Court of India in October 2017.This was around the same time when the Supreme Court of India had decided to uplift the restrictions barring entry of women to Haji Ali Dargah (a Muslim shrine which also restricts entry of women), where the petitioners had also argued that restricting entry amounts to discrimination against women.