{"id":58462,"date":"2020-01-08T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58462"},"modified":"2020-01-08T16:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:54:39","slug":"cji-headed-9-judge-sc-bench-to-hear-issue-of-womens-entry-in-sabarimala-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cji-headed-9-judge-sc-bench-to-hear-issue-of-womens-entry-in-sabarimala-temple","title":{"rendered":"CJI headed 9-judge SC bench to hear issue of women&#8217;s entry in Sabarimala temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sabrimala.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/in-supreme-court-kerala-supports-ban-on-womens-entry-at-sabarimala-temple\/sabrimala\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sabrimala.jpg?fit=294%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"294,171\" 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=\"sabrimala\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sabrimala.jpg?fit=294%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/sabrimala.jpg?resize=294%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde to hear from January 13 the issue of allowing women and girls of all ages to enter Kerala&#8217;s Sabarimala temple, along with the other contentious issues of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Parsi women.<\/p>\n<p>The other judges on the bench are Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, M M Shantanagoudar, S A Nazeer, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-judge bench has been set up after a five-judge bench headed by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi, by a 3:2 majority verdict, referred the matter to a seven-judge bench while examining the review petition filed against the historic September 28, 2018 judgement which had allowed women of all ages to enter Sabarimala temple.<\/p>\n<p>Besdies Justice Gogoi, Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra (the lone woman judge on the bench) were in majority while Justices R F Nariman and D Y Chandrachud had penned a minority verdict on November 14, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>On the nine-judge bench, which will hear the matter from January 13, there are no judges from the previous benches.<\/p>\n<p>The top court had on Monday issued a notice informing about listing of the petition filed by Indian Young Lawyers Association seeking review of the 2018 judgement.<\/p>\n<p>However, the names of the judges were announced today.<\/p>\n<p>While referring the matter to a larger bench, the five-judge bench had however said that the debate about the constitutional validity of religious practices like bar on entry of women and girls into a place of worship was not limited to the Sabarimala case.<\/p>\n<p>The top court said such restrictions are there with regard to entry of Muslim women into mosques and &#8216;dargahs&#8217; and Parsi women, married to non-Parsi men, being barred from the holy fire place of an Agyari.<\/p>\n<p>It said it was time for the apex court to evolve a judicial policy to do &#8220;substantial and complete justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde to hear from January 13 the issue of allowing women and girls of all ages to enter Kerala&#8217;s Sabarimala temple, along with the other contentious issues of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Parsi women. 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