The Sabarimala reference hearing in the Supreme Court on Tuesday saw some important exchanges between the bar and the bench, with the proceeding centring on the relationship between denominational rights and the interplay of Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution. Justice BV Nagarathna said, If there is polarisation, the state will step in under Article 25 2 b, that is, reform. 1. During the hearing, while responding to the counsel’s submission on Article 26, Justice A Amanullah said, “The basic focus should be on the right to manage. Everything there is a modality to everything. There cannot be anarchy. Suppose there is a dargah or a temple, there will be elements associated with the entry, with the modality, how you worship, and the sequence. Somebody has to do that.” He continued, “There’s nobody… I walk in, I do whatever, and I come back. It’s all the gates are left open 24 hours, so who is that body who manages? And then that will come into the protection because it has to be regulated.…