{"id":43826,"date":"2016-07-11T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43826"},"modified":"2016-07-12T03:23:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:53:30","slug":"sabrimala-matter-may-referred-constitution-bench-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sabrimala-matter-may-referred-constitution-bench-sc","title":{"rendered":"Sabrimala matter may be referred to constitution bench: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42899\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-issue-ownership-certificates-elephant-owners-sc\/sc-32\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42899 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sabrimala matter may be referred to constitution bench: SC\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/sc.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrimala matter may be referred to constitution bench: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today indicated that it may refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age to the historic Sabarimala temple, saying it pertains to violation of fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra observed that women are conferred rights under the Constitution and it would pass a detailed order in case the matter is referred to a five-judge constitution bench.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We may think that this requires to go to a constitution bench,&#8221; the bench, also comprising justices C Nagappan and R Banumathi, said during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>At the outset, the bench remarked: &#8220;a temple is a public religious place. You cannot refuse entry to a woman who comes there &#8230; It violates the rights of women. We understand the seriousness of issue. Every right needs to be balanced but every balancing has its own limitations. Balancing of rights is creating a problem. We do not want to just refer it to a constitution bench.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we refer it to a constitution bench, we will pass a detailed order. We do not think that the issue before us had arisen earlier,&#8221; the bench said and posted the matter for further hearing on November 7.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had earlier questioned the practice of barring entry of women to Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying it would test whether &#8220;faith and belief&#8221; can differentiate among persons of same denomination.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;differentiation&#8221; between the right of men and women will have to withstand constitutional scrutiny, the court had earlier said when senior counsel K K Venugopal, appearing for the Travancore Devaswom Board which manages the hill-top shrine, had vehemently said &#8220;nobody, possibly the court also, can question faith and belief.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today indicated that it may refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age to the historic Sabarimala temple, saying it pertains to violation of fundamental rights. 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