#Sabarimala

These submissions are part of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s rejoinder to the arguments made by parties defending the SC intervention in allowing women to enter the Sabarimala temple.

Menaka Guruswamy invoked Dr B R Ambedkar’s views to reason why it was essential to allow women’s entry into Sabarimala temple.

One of the key questions before the bench is “the interplay between the rights of persons under Article 25 of the Constitution and the rights of religious denominations under Article 26”.

In the Sabarimala case, there are seven constitutional questions for consideration before the Supreme Court. How do these questions engage with the principles of equality, religious freedom, essential religious practices, the definition of religious…