Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 2]

SG Mehta: I read Shirur Mutt, Ratanlal Gandhi and Devaru-what is common is the person affected filed the petition. Dargah Committee says a completely different route. In this, the government took over the administration of khawaja moin uddin chishti dargah and the dargah committee itself approached the court

counsels arguing on the allotment of time and when and who will argue

CJI: we request both side to use minimum oral arguments

Dhavan: i will make oral arguments and refer to written arguments

Adv Nedumpura: non-designated advocates will be ignored?

CJI: we understand there is apprehension that we won't read but the idea of listing this in april is to utilise our summer break

SG Mehta: after my submissions the other nuances on the same line can be placed and then Dhavan can submit

CJI: it will create problem for us, let Dhavan say whatever he wants to

CJI: we will allow him to complete, and then we simply follow the order of seniority.

counsels arguing that those appearing for review petitioners should be allowed

Dhavan: mylords are not deciding the review petition

Dhavan: I have great reservations with what mr solicitor argued and he very candidly said that many on this side would disagree with the proposition

SG Mehta: not all

Dhavan: will you keep quit? this is the undignified and uncivilised silence

Dhavan: it is singularly impossible to accommodate, your lordships say you will read our written submission, you won't. mylords are the most overworked judges in the world. there is no way you will read the way we want

Reading begins.

Sr Adv Rajeev Dhavan: this is not a review petition and in earlier days we used to start by seniority or we started with main counsel. if we go home tomorrow, our hard work we put for last six weeks

SG Mehta: I don't think mylords

Dhavan: kindly stop, you have a habit of interrupting

SG Mehta: dignified silence is my response

Dhavan: then stop

#SupremeCourt to continue hearing Sabarimala reference where larger issues concerning restriction of entry of women to Dargah, practice of FGM and ex-communication in the Dawoodi Bohra, and ex-communication of Parsi women after marrying a non-Parsi man have been raised.