Thread by @clprscobserver

In Nov 2019, a narrow 3:2 majority of the #SupremeCourt decided to keep the #Sabarimala review petitions pending.

It held that overarching questions pertaining to #ReligiousFreedom & #GenderEquality must first be decided by a larger 9-judge Bench.

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The 9-judge Bench of the #SupremeCourt will begin hearing arguments on the overarching questions next week, on 13 January.

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#Sabarimala #SabarimalaReview #SabarimalaTemple

There are several key cases that will be effected by the outcome of this 9-judge Bench matter:

A) Yasmeen Zuber v. UOI - Do practices prohibiting the entry of women into mosques violate the right to #equality?
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B) Goolrokh Gupta v. Burjor Pardiwala - do Parsi women lose access to Parsi institutions after marrying a non-Parsi?

Would this violate the fundamental rights to #equality and #FreedomOfReligion of Parsi women?

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C) Sunita Tiwari v. Union of India - is the Dawoodi Bohra practice of female circumcision unconstitutional?

Is it an essential religious practice protected under Articles 25 and 26 of the #Constitution?

bit.ly/2ZWXjUm

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