The Kerala High Court recently quashed the proceedings against Hindu Akiya Vedi leader KP Sasikala, and General Convenor of Sabarimala Karma Samithi, SJR Kumar, for calling a dawn-to-dusk hartal to protest against the implementation of the Supreme Court decision to permit entry of women to the Sabarimala Temple in 2018 [KP Sasikala & Anr. v State of Kerala].