Hearing On Sabarimala Order In Supreme Court From Today
Hearing On Sabarimala Order In Supreme Court From Today
The Supreme Court will today begin hearing review petitions challenging its September verdict allowing women of reproductive age into the Sabarimala temple. A batch of over 40 petitions will be considered by a five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The Sabarimala case was earlier scheduled for January 22, but had to be cancelled as Justice Indu Malhotra, one of the judges on the panel, was on medical leave. Justice Malhotra, the only woman judge on the bench, had dissented with the majority verdict, saying courts must not interfere with issues concerning "deep religious sentiments".