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9-Judges' SC Bench To Hear Sabarimala Case Today To Frame Issues Regarding Discrimination Against Women In Religious Traditions

Lawstreet Journal 3 Feb 2020 5:32pm

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A nine-judges' bench of the Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear the Sabarimala Case today (February 3, 2020) to frame issues regarding discrimination against women in various religious places and in countless religious traditions. Issues to be considered include entry of women into mosques, the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and barring of Parsi women, married to non-Parsi men, in the holy fire place at an agiary. 

Besides Chief Justice of India (CJI), S A Bobde, other judges on the bench are Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, M M Shantanagoudar, S A Nazeer, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.

The court had, on January 13, 2020 asked four senior lawyers to convene a meeting to decide the issues to be deliberated by it, in the matter. However, after the lawyers failed to arrive at a consensus, CJI Bobde had said to Senior Advocates V. Giri, Arvind Datar, and Indira Jaising that "we are disappointed that you have not arrived at a consensus.” 

The court had then decided that the bench would work on it over the weekend and hold a hearing on February 3. The nine judges, the CJI said, would then meet and finalise the issues after taking into accord the inputs that they receive in the February 3 hearing.

The Supreme court in its 2018 judgment struck down Rule 3 (b) of the the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorisation of Entry) Rules, 1965, which was the legal basis for barring entry of women between… Continue Reading...


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