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Sabarimala Review Verdict
November 15 , 2019
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- A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that a larger bench should again consider the matter of the entry of women of all ages into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple.
- At present there is no ban on entry as per the verdict of 2018.
- The following Justices were part of the Constitutional Bench that delivered the judgement
- Rohinton Fali Nariman
- DY Chandrachud
- Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
- Justices Indu Malhotra
- AM Khanwilkar
- The verdict was delivered 3:2.
- Justices Chandrachud and Rohinton Nariman gave a dissenting verdict and disagreed with the majority view and dismissed all review pleas (56 review petitions).
- They said that not following the 2018 SC order is not an option and as on date women are allowed to enter Sabarimala temple.
- The seven-judge bench will also look into matters such as
- The entry of Muslim and Parsi women into places of worship
- Female genital cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community
- Meaning of expression 'public order, morality and health' occurring in Article 25 (1) of the Constitution.
- To delineate the meaning of the expression 'morality' or 'constitutional morality'.
- Whether the "essential religious practices" of a religious denomination are afforded constitutional protection under Article 26.
- The extent to which the court can interfere into the issue of a particular practice of religion.
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