A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde is hearing several senior lawyers, including jurist FS Nariman, on the issue of framing of questions to be decided by it
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde made it clear that questions to be dealt with would be purely legal in nature and it would not take more time in concluding the hearing.
During this season, some young women who came to Sabarimala were not allowed by authorities to trek to the Ayyappa temple
The apex court said it would endeavour to constitute the larger bench at the earliest to hear the matter.
While the sale from 'aravana prasadam' touched Rs 28.26 crore, from 'appam prasadam' it was Rs 4.2 crore during the period
On November 14, the top court said a seven-judge bench will re-examine various religious issues, including the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple
From the 'valliya nadapandal' (covered pathway leading to the holy stpes) devotees will have to switch off their mobiles
The Lord Ayyappa temple opened this evening for the two month long Mandala-Makaravillakku pilgrimage season.
The pilgrims would be allowed to climb the 18 holy steps after the padi puja and have darshan.
Justice Nariman had penned the dissent order on behalf of himself and Justice D Y Chandrachud.
The BJP and Congress wanted the government to exercise restraint and not to allow women in the 10-50 age group to go to the hill shrine
The Supreme Court on Thursday said a larger seven-judge bench will re-examine various religious issues, including the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple
The bench also refused to tag the matter along with the pending petitions in the Sabarimala case
The plea sought directions to all authorities to allow women of all age groups to enter the temple
The judgment was, in fact, overturning a Kerala High Court judgment from 1991 that made it illegal for women to enter the temple
There have been protests against the SC's verdict allowing entry of women of menstrual age into the hilltop shrine
It also directed police not to obstruct Ayyappa devotees chanting Ayyappa mantra at Sannidhanam
Ahead of the next pilgrimage, the Supreme Court on November 13 will hear a batch of petitions against its verdict
'It is a very emotional issue and my personal thinking on the matter is different from my partys Kerala unit,' Gandhi told
Criticising a Supreme Court judgment is one facet of democracy, but physically violating the enforcement of the ruling, is just unacceptable promotion of anarchy