The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced its hearing on the contentious issue relating to the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age in Kerala's historic Sabarimala temple. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the counsel for petitioners Indian Young Lawyers Association and others to limit their arguments on the questions of reference made by a three-judge bench of apex court last year. The bench also comprising justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra fixed the time limit for the counsel for petitioners and asked them to try to wrap up their arguments within the fixed time limit. Advocate R P Gupta commenced the hearing for the petitioners and referred to the history of the temple. "You should not go into unnecessary things and counsel should limit their arguments to the issues referred to Constitution bench," the bench said. The hearing remained inconclusive and would continue on Wednesday. The apex court had on October 13 last year referred the issue to a Constitution bench after framing five "significant" questions including whether the practice of banning entry of women in the temple amounted to discrimination and violated their fundamental rights under the Constitution.
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