SC questions basis of 2006 Sabarimala PIL
New Delhi, May 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the very basis of the 2006 public interest litigation (PIL) that culminated in its landmark 2018 ruling allowing entry of women of all ages into Kerala's Sabarimala temple, observing that the petition "ought not to have been entertained at all" and that the material on record should have been "thrown in the dustbin".
A nine-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and comprising justices BV Nagarathna, MM Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, AG Masih, R Mahadevan, Prasanna B Varale and Joymalya Bagchi, made the observations while hearing a batch of matters arising from the Sabarimala review proceedings and connected questions on the scope of reli...
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