India, April 9 -- The Supreme Court continues to hear the row over the ban on women inside Kerala's Sabarimala Temple. As the hearing continues, the matter is being heard by a nine-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.

The bench also includes justices BV Nagarathna, MM Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, AG Masih, R Mahadevan, Prasanna B Varale and Joymalya Bagchi.

On the third day of the hearing, the Centre backed the restriction of entry women of menstruating age into the historic temple by submitting data of temples which don't allow the entry of men.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the constitution bench led by the CJI that he filed a written submission and gave instances wh...