#Sabarimalaupdate 1. Mr. Gupta, Advocate for the Petitioner, commenced arguments on behalf of the Petitioner which is challenging the limited restriction on entry of women between the age group of 10 & 50 into the #Sabarimala Temple
2. The Counsel for the Petitioner took the position that the #Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple was originally a Buddhist Temple. The Bench asked Mr. Gupta to start with the Orders passed by the Supreme Court in the Petition leading to the reference to the Constitution Bench
3. The Counsel for the Petitioner walked the Bench through the judgement of the Court dated October 13,2017 wherein the reference was made and questions were framed for consideration by the Constitution Bench
4. After the relevant portions of the Order were read out, the Court asked the Counsels for the Petitioner, and the Amicus Curiae Mr. Raju Ramachandran to file their written submissions by tomorrow.
5. The matter has been listed tomorrow for further hearing.
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1. #Sabarimala hearings have commenced. Mr. K. Radhakrishnan appears for Respondent No. 19, the Pandalam Royal family, the family of Lord Ayyappa
2. Mr. Radhakrishnan is analysing Article 25 and submits that the provision has no equal anywhere in the world. #Sabarimala
3. Mr. Radhakrishnan submits that women of child bearing age restrain themselves from entering the Temple, they are giving effect to and respecting the will of the Deity. #Sabarimala
1. Arguments in the #Sabarimala Petition resume. Mr. Parasaran now argues for the Nair Service Society.
2. Mr. Parasaran submits that Kerala is an educated society
3. Mr. Parasaran submits that 96% of the women in Kerala are educated. They are independent. It is a matrilineal society. Therefore to assume that the practice of the #Sabarimala Temple is based on patriarchy is fundamentally incorrect
1. #Sabarimala hearings commence. Dr. Singhvi submits on behalf of the Travancore Devaswom Board that he is limiting the scope of his submissions to only the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple.
2. Dr. Singhvi is placing before the Court the history of the #Sabarimala Temple and the requirements of the vow to be observed for 41 days prior to visiting the Temple.
3. Dr. Singhvi submits that every Ayyappa devotee who observes the vow is himself treated as a Swami, which epifies the line Tat Tvam Asi
#Sabarimalahearing 1. Mr. Raju Ramachandran has resumed his submissions as the Amicus Curiae in support of the Petitioner
2. Mr. Ramachandran submits that while Article 17 was originally intended to tackle untouchability emanating from caste, nothing stops the Court from expansively interpreting it just as Article 21 has been interpreted over the years. #Sabarimala
3. Mr Ramachandran submits that if the basis for exclusion under traditional untouchability is defilement or pollution of the premises, the same logic applies to untouchability on account of defilement caused by menarche. #Sabarimala