Case-tracking report from the Supreme Court Observer, a nonpartisan project of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy that live-covers Indian Supreme Court hearings, recording that the nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant concluded sixteen days of hearings in the Sabarimala Reference and reserved its verdict on 14 May 2026, with no judgment delivered and no delivery date announced as of this reading.
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A specialist legal-affairs desk that live-tracks Indian Supreme Court proceedings hearing by hearing, run by an established legal policy research organisation, reporting on an official court posture (a bench reserving judgment) rather than on a contested or developing event. NotesUsed here for the single procedural fact that matters to this entry: the case moved from a 2019 referral to a five-judge bench, to a constituted nine-judge Constitution Bench that heard argument in April 2026 and reserved judgment in May 2026. Not used for any characterisation of how the case might be decided, which nobody yet knows.
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AuthorSupreme Court Observer editorial staff
PublisherSupreme Court Observer (Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.scobserver.in/reports/sabarimala-reference-day-16/
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This source names India directly: "for Legal Policy that live-covers Indian Supreme Court hearings, recording that the nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant concluded sixteen days of hearings in..."
Source Supreme Court Observer, "Sabarimala Reference: Day 16, Supreme Court Reserves Judgement" (14 May 2026)Supreme Court Observer editorial staff
Surya, Deities This source names Surya directly: "Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant concluded sixteen days of hearings in the Sabarimala Reference and reserved its verdict on 14 May 2026, with no judgment delivered and no delivery..."
Source Supreme Court Observer, "Sabarimala Reference: Day 16, Supreme Court Reserves Judgement" (14 May 2026)Supreme Court Observer editorial staff
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