Vaidyanathan- article 25(2)(b) is not a gender... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 3]

Vaidyanathan- article 25(2)(b) is not a gender equality provision. the constitutional power to throw open the temple to classes and sections of hindu is not [unclear] to gender equality. the provision was introduced for specfic response to caste based exclusion rooted in untouchability and must be understood within the limited context.

the fact that framers of the constitution specficially empowered state the laws, throwing open hindu religious institutions to all classes and sections of hindu is constititional significant. if equality guaranteed contained under articles 14 and 15(2) are themselves sufficient to mandate the universal access to temples, article 25(2)(b) would serve no independent purpose. it would have been otiose