Parmod KumarNew Delhi, April 9 -- On the third day of the hearing in the Sabarimala reference, the Centre on Thursday reiterated before the Supreme Court that constitutional courts are not competent to adjudicate contentious issues arising from religious beliefs, practices and faith under Articles 25 and 26, especially when such questions intersect with Article 14 on equality.
The Centre emphasised that judges lack the necessary theological grounding to decide such matters, a position consistently stressed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the course of the hearing in the first two days.
At the outset today, Mehta placed additional examples before the court to underline the diversity of religious practices. He referred to temples w...