US EditionSabarimala case: 'Judges experts in law, not religion,' Centre tells SC over 'superstition'
- The Supreme Court is hearing pleas concerning discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple, and examining the scope of religious freedom under the Constitution.
- On September 28, 2018, a five-judge bench struck down Rule 3 of the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship Rules, which allowed the exclusion of women on the grounds of custom.
- Chief Justice India Surya Kant presides over the nine-judge bench, which includes Justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, Augustine George Masih, Prasanna B Varale, R Mahadevan, and Joymalya Bagchi.
- The court is addressing 7 questions regarding the scope of Article 25 and Article 26, including the interplay between individual rights and religious denomination rights under Part III of the Constitution.
- Judges are evaluating the meaning of "Sections of Hindus" in Article 25 and the scope of "morality" under Articles 25 and 26, questioning whether this includes constitutional morality.
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Sabarimala women entry case: What happened in the Supreme Court?
The Sabarimala case is back in the Supreme Court, and this time, the debate has taken a sharp turn. During Wednesday’s hearing, the Centre told the court that some of its most progressive judgments may actually be “not good law.” And at the heart of this argument lies one question: how much power should courts really have over religion? What were the three arguments posed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta? What is the Sabarimala women entry case…
Exclusion from temple may divide society, impact Hinduism: SC
New Delhi: Everybody must have access to all temples and ‘maths’ and excluding a denomination will negatively affect Hinduism and divide the society, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, April 9. The remark by a nine-judge constitution bench came while hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, and on the ambit and scope of religious freedom practised by multiple faith…
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