Sabarimala Case Explained | Tradition vs Fundamental Rights | Sreelekha Abburi

The Sabarimala case is one of India’s most important constitutional law judgments, raising a powerful question: Can a centuries-old religious tradition override Fundamental Rights? In Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala (2018), the Supreme Court examined the restriction on women of menstruating age entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple. The case involved major constitutional provisions including Article 14, Article 15, Article 25 and Article 26. The five-judge Constitution Bench delivered a 4:1 majority judgment, holding that the exclusion of women could not be constitutionally sustained. The Court also discussed the Essential Religious Practices Test and the concept of constitutional morality. This video also explains Justice Indu Malhotra’s famous dissent and her warning against excessive judicial interference in deeply held religious beliefs. Watch Sreelekha Abburi explain the Sabarimala judgment, religious freedom, women’s rights, constitutional morality and the debate between tradition and equality in simple English. Useful for law students, CLAT aspirants, UPSC aspirants and anyone interested in Indian constitutional law. Sabarimala case, Sabarimala case explained, Sabarimala judgment 2018, Indian Young Lawyers Association v State of Kerala, Sabarimala Supreme Court judgment, Sabarimala women entry case, Sabarimala temple case, Sabarimala verdict, Sabarimala case constitutional law, Article 14 Sabarimala, Article 15 Sabarimala, Article 25 Sabarimala, Article 26 Sabarimala, constitutional morality Sabarimala, essential religious practices test, religious freedom in India, women rights in India, equality vs religious freedom, Justice Indu Malhotra dissent, Justice DY Chandrachud Sabarimala, landmark Supreme Court judgments, constitutional law cases India, fundamental rights cases, CLAT legal current affairs, law students India, UPSC polity cases, Sreelekha Abburi #SabarimalaCase #SabarimalaJudgment #SabarimalaVerdict #SupremeCourt #ConstitutionalLaw #FundamentalRights #ReligiousFreedom #WomenRights #Article14 #Article15 #Article25 #Article26 #ConstitutionalMorality #EssentialReligiousPractices #LandmarkJudgment #LawStudents #CLAT #UPSC #IndianConstitution #SreelekhaAbburi