Excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra community: SC refers plea to nine-judge bench

Supreme Court Refers Excommunication In Dawoodi Bohra Case To 9-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court on Friday referred a case against the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community to a nine-judge bench to determine the scope of judicial review in matters of faith. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, A.S. Oka, Vikram Nath, and J.K. Maheshwari, passed the reference order. The 1962 judgment quashed a law that sought to prevent religious denominations fro…

Excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra community: SC refers plea to nine-judge bench

In 1962, the Supreme Court had upheld the practice in the Sardar Syedna Saifuddin v State of Bombay case and struck down the Bombay Prevention of Excommunication Act, 1949 saying it violated the fundamental right of a religious denomination to manage its own affairs

Excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra Community: Supreme Court Refers Issue to 9-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court on Friday referred the question of whether the excommunication of a member from the Dawoodi Bohra community is a protected right under Constitution to a larger bench.

Supreme Court Refers Dawoodi Bohra Excommunication Case To Nine-Judge Bench Constituted For Sabarimala Matter

Excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra community: SC refers case to 9-judge Bench

The 5-judge Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was dealing with the question whether the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community could continue as a “protected practice.

BREAKING: Supreme Court refers question of Dawoodi Bohra excommunication to nine-judge bench hearing Sabarimala matter

The Bench opined that the two main issues in the case were covered by the questions raised in the Sabarimala reference, pending before a nine-judge bench.