Can we expect a believer to follow any age-old practice in the modern era, asks Supreme Court

The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (April 21, 2026) asked the Sabarimala tantri (chief priest) if a believer tin beryllium expected to shed his consciousness of rationality and judge immoderate age-old spiritual signifier successful an epoch of precocious acquisition and technology.

The question came during the proceeding of the Sabarimala reappraisal lawsuit by a nine-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant successful the backdrop of the exclusion of menstruating women from the temple successful Kerala.