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These submissions are part of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s rejoinder to the arguments made by parties defending the SC intervention in allowing women to enter the Sabarimala temple.

One of the key questions before the bench is “the interplay between the rights of persons under Article 25 of the Constitution and the rights of religious denominations under Article 26”.

In 2018, a five judge-bench of the top court held that the ban on the entry of women under rule 3(b) of the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship Rules, 1965, was unconstitutional as it violates the fundamental right to equality and religion.

The Supreme court, in its last hearing, rapped the Young Lawyers Association, advising them to work for the welfare of the bar and the younger members.

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The ERP test, in its current form, asks courts to act as amateur theologians, determining from within the logic of a religion whether a disputed practice is sufficiently central to survive.…

The court was hearing the submissions of Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on constitutional questions arising out of petitions seeking review of the September 28, 2018, judgment striking down restrictions on entry of women into the Sabarimala temple.

Justice Nagarathna, on last hearing, observed that religious denominations enjoy autonomy in matters of worship but such rights are subject to public order.