New Delhi – During the hearing of petitions related to the entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple, the Supreme Court of India strongly reprimanded the petitioner organisation Indian Young Lawyers Association. Stating that the public interest litigation filed in 2006 was a misuse of legal process, the Court questioned, “Why did you file this petition ? Are you the chief priest of the country ?”
1. Justice B. V. Nagarathna said that no legal entity can claim personal faith. An individual may have faith in someone, but an organisation cannot claim to hold faith. “You lack prudence and conscience,” she remarked.
2. Justice Aravind Kumar also questioned the organisation, asking whether any formal resolution had been passed before filing the petition and whether it had the approval of the organisation’s president.
3. Chief Justice Surya Kant stated that instead of filing such petitions, the organisation should work for the welfare of young advocates.
4. Justice Nagarathna further added that it is more important to support talented young advocates coming from rural areas and to create opportunities for them.
5. The organisation’s counsel stated that its intention was not to challenge the faith of devotees of Lord Ayyappa, but to preserve it. The temple’s chief priest had earlier expressed the view that the entry of women of a certain age group is against the will of the deity.
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