FROM CUSTOM TO CONSTITUTION : ANALYSING THE SUPREME COURT’S SABARIMALA VERDICT

Sabarimala temple verdict that shows the tussle between constitutional morality and religious customs. In the young Indian lawyer’s association vs state of Kerala(2018) the supreme court was appealed to decide whether an ages old religious practice of stopping women of reproductive age from entering the Sabarimala temple withstands the constitutional scrutiny. The case not only answered this very question but also raised fundamental questions of gender equality, religious freedom and constitutional morality. The verdict represents a landmark moment in the evolution of India’s transformative constitutionalism.