Dhavan: reads Shirur Mutt "The learned Attorney... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 5]

Dhavan: reads Shirur Mutt "The learned Attorney General lays stress upon clause (2)(a) of the Article and his contention is that all secular activities, which may be associated with religion but do not really constitute an essential part of it, are amenable to State regulation"

the court rejected. the courts were meant to respond to it but they rejected.

J Nagarathna: what happened in sabarimala?

Dhavan: they said its not your essential religious practice

J Nagarathna: that was the basis

Dhavan: Absolutely. its a threshold argument, you go after not after the argument but right at the beginning.