SC hearing on Sabarimala women entry LIVE: Nine-judge Bench hears pleas on religious discrimination against women
The Centre, in a written submission, said the restrictive approach of the 2018 judgment invaded intrareligious diversity. Matters of faith, belief, doctrine, practice, observance, symbolism and modes of spiritual life vary from community to community, however minor they may be.
“This is more pronounced in the context of Hinduism, which does not rest upon a single founder or text or scripture or ecclesiastical authority or creed or mandatory set of practices. Hinduism, by its very character, accommodates within its fold a wide plurality of traditions, schools of thought, customs, rituals, philosophies and forms of worship… Any attempt to compress Hinduism into a narrow or singular definition would be doctrinally flawed and constitutionally unsafe,” Mr. Mehta had submitted.
