The Precursors to the Sabarimala Judgment
The controversial SC judgement on Sabarimala in 2018 did not happen by accident. In a way, it was a culmination of several precursors put in motion decades ago.
THE SABARIMALA VERDICT of 2018 is the cumulative outcome of sustained backroom manoeuvring and pressure tactics by a vast and determined and well-funded and well-networked lobby of breaking India forces. But that is not just all. This verdict also has several similar precedents and precursors each of which met with success. We can examine just two repre…