Live: Travancore Devaswom Board says won't seek review of Sabarimala order; SC reserves judgement

Sabarimala temple live updates: A five-judge constitution bench of the top court will hear the petitions.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing a batch of pleas seeking review of its judgement allowing women of all ages to enter Kerala's Sabarimala temple complex.

A five-judge constitution bench comprising of Chief Justice (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra is hearing the petition.

There are 64 cases being heard in total, out of which some are review petitions and some transfer petitions.

The apex court in its order of September 28 2018 set aside a Kerala temple rule which disallowed women in the reproductive age groups between 10 and 50 years. The issue has also led to a political turmoil with the state's Left government in the state backing the ruling and the BJP opposing it. Several women have since visited the temple which houses a bachelor deity.

On September 28 2018, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 4:1 verdict had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple, saying the ban amounted to gender discrimination.

On November 13 2018, the apex court had agreed to hear in open court in January this year the pleas seeking review of its verdict, but had refused to stay the judgement. However, on January 22, the top court had said it may not start hearing the pleas, seeking review of Sabarimala verdict till January 30 as one of the judges of the bench, Justice Indu Malhotra, was on medical leave.

Here are the live updates:

06 February 2019

15:45 IST

Rakesh Dwivedi, counsel of Travancore Devaswom Board: The board has taken a conscious decision to support&respect the judgement of SC&implement it. The board thinks that is a right judgement in right direction & it grants equality to women in the matters of worship.

15:44 IST

Supreme Court reserves the judgement on a batch of review petitions over the entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple.