'Interfering in religious matter can break religion'

ON the 13th day of hearing in the Sabarimala reference case, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that courts interfering in matters of religion and religious practices could effectively disrupt religions and, therefore, should exercise caution while dealing with such cases.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @New Dethi

“If everybody starts questioning certain religious practices or matters of religion before a Constitutional Court, then what happens to this civilisation where religion is so intimately connected with Indian society? There will be hundreds of petitions questioning this right, that right, opening of temples, closure of temples... we are very, very conscious of this,” said Justice B V Nagarathna.