Parmod KumarNew Delhi, May 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the November 2019 Sabarimala reference concerning the interplay between Article 25 (freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion), Article 26 (freedom of religious denominations to manage their own affairs), and Article 14 (right to equality before law), as well as the scope of judicial interference in religious affairs.
A nine-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices B.V. Nagarathna, M.M. Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, Augustine George Masih, Prasanna B. Varale, R. Mahadevan, and Joymalya Bagchi reserved judgment after hearing arguments spread over 16 days, commencing on...