Sabarimala Reference Live Updates: Supreme Court to resume hearing

Appearing for Travancore Devaswom Board, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi during the last hearing had argued that- The beliefs and practices of the community are to be judged by the specific beliefs of the community. The court is bound to accept the belief of the community, provided it is genuine and exists, is not fanciful, nor imaginary. It is not for the court to sit in judgment on that belief. It is assumed that fertile women in this age would be antithetical to the very manifestation and existence of identity of the deity. You might not have Lord Ayyappa as a eternal brahmacharya, but these women can certainly visit Lord Ayyappa in other temples. If they are so concerned in a PIL, why should they want to visit this one temple. I am not saying you can never do darshan of Lord Ayyappa. But this particular form of Lord Ayyappa is not worshipped anywhere else and if the belief which nobody says is imaginary belief Lord Ayyappa represents brahmacharya in its highest form if that belief is genuine then how can I or she or PIL petitioner can question that belief in PIL petition