The nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, hearing the Sabarimala reference, is also examining key questions relating to the scope of judicial review, the balance between Articles 25 and 26 and Article 14, the role of “constitutional morality”, and the maintainability of PILs in religious matters.
The Centre emphasised that judges lack the necessary theological grounding to decide such matters, a position consistently stressed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the course of the hearing in the first two days.
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that issues of social reform arising from religious practices fall within the domain of the legislature and not the judiciary, as a nine-judge Constitution Bench began final hearing in the Sabarimala women entry matter.
The top court’s nine-judge bench will decide how equality, faith and constitutional morality intersect, with implications across religions beyond the Sabarimala temple dispute.
TDB president K Jayakumar said here on Tuesday that the board had erred in not answering the auditor’s queries in entirety, thus inadvertently creating room for scepticism. He said the Board is to be blamed for the flaws and not the auditor.
The Kochi unit of the ED has written to ED Directorate in Delhi seeking permission to register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)in Sabarimala gold robbery.
A sensational new claim has reignited a decades-old mystery surrounding the alleged disappearance of a priceless golden idol connected to the early worship traditions of the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa hill shrine.
The Devaswom bench of the High Court noted that necessary infrastructure works and preparations, which should have commenced at least six months prior to the pilgrimage season, were not completed in time.
He also sought the urgent intervention of the Kerala High Court in the matter, as the current situation is reportedly reminiscent of the 2023 crisis.
The arrest of N Vasu,former Devaswom Commissioner and president of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), is being considered as a severe blow to ruling CPM in Kerala.
