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Aug 1, 2018 73 tweets 21 min read
1. The Bench has assembled and hearing begins in the #Sabarimala Petition. 2. Mr. Ramamoorthy, Amicus Curiae for the Respondents, commences his submissions. #Sabarimala
Jul 31, 2018 26 tweets 9 min read
1. The Bench has assembled. The #Sabarimala hearing resumes. 2. Mr. V. K. Biju appears for @RahulEaswar an intervenor supporting the Temple. #Sabarimala
Jul 26, 2018 134 tweets 65 min read
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
Jul 25, 2018 66 tweets 18 min read
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
Jul 24, 2018 60 tweets 17 min read
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.
Jul 19, 2018 32 tweets 10 min read
#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
Jul 18, 2018 36 tweets 11 min read
#Sabarimalahearing 1. Mr. R.P.Gupta, counsel for Indian Young Lawyers Association (the Petitioner), has resumed arguments. He again walked through the Order dated October 13,2017 wherein reference was made to the Constitution Bench 2. Mr. R.P.Gupta reiterates his position that #Sabarimala Temple has Buddhist origins. The Bench questions the relevance and authencity of the submissions in this regard.
Jul 17, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
#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