State refutes key arguments in SC

  • | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

New Delhi/T’puram: The state government has filed a written submission before the Supreme Court constitution bench dealing with the Sabarimala case, arguing that there is no need to review the order issued on September 28, 2018 that permitted women of all ages to visit Sabarimala temple. “Mere presence of a woman of a particular age group cannot be assumed that the celibacy of the deity would be affected and the said argument derogates the dignity of a woman and recognise even a female child of 10 years can be source of deviation from celibacy of the deity,” said the affidavit.The state government asserted that attaching impurity to a woman during menstrual period is an abrasion to entire humanity and abhorrent to civilised society as menstruation is a natural process and is essential for procreation. The detailed submission filed by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria as directed by the bench during the hearing of review petition on February 6 refutes claims made by petitioners, including NSS and tanthri, that the protection under the clause of ‘essential religious practices’ needs to be granted for the temple customs and for treating Ayyappa devotees as a special religious group.The state government said that the argument that presence of women of 10 to 50 years of age would deviate the deity from the celibacy is against the basic human dignity of a woman.

New Delhi/T’puram: The state government has filed a written submission before the Supreme Court constitution bench dealing with the Sabarimala case, arguing that there is no need to review the order issued on September 28, 2018 that permitted women of all ages to visit Sabarimala temple. The detailed submission filed by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria as directed by the bench during the hearing of review petition on February 6 refutes claims made by petitioners, including NSS and tanthri, that the protection under the clause of ‘essential religious practices’ needs to be granted for the temple customs and for treating Ayyappa devotees as a special religious group.The state government said that the argument that presence of women of 10 to 50 years of age would deviate the deity from the celibacy is against the basic human dignity of a woman. “Mere presence of a woman of a particular age group cannot be assumed that the celibacy of the deity would be affected and the said argument derogates the dignity of a woman and recognise even a female child of 10 years can be source of deviation from celibacy of the deity,” said the affidavit.The state government asserted that attaching impurity to a woman during menstrual period is an abrasion to entire humanity and abhorrent to civilised society as menstruation is a natural process and is essential for procreation.

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