Singhvi: now on the first five words of article... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 4]

Singhvi: now on the first five words of article 25(2)(b)-easy to say its coloured by latter words but these are independent words. they are meant to allow social reforms- for ex-number of wives, some kind of personal law. best harmonisation can be done by saying you can;t use the first five words to dehors public [order] question is how does Sati gets abolished? sati gets abolished because of public order. you can't apply another standard of general kind but you can reform hindu religion.

I believe sardar syedna is a valid law: “In my view by the phrase “laws providing for social welfare and reform” it was not intended to enable the legislature to “reform” a religion out of existence or identity. … Just as the activities referred to in Article 25(2)(a) are obviously not of the essence of the religion, similarly the saving in Article 25(2)(b) is not intended to cover the basic essentials of the creed of a religion which is protected by Article 25(1)"