The Supreme Court will announce its verdict on the entry of women in the Sabarimala temple. The top court will also review its judgment into the alleged irregularities in the Rafale jet procurement case. That apart, the apex court will decide upon the case against Rahul Gandhi for his “Chowkidar chor hai’ comment.
11:18 AM (IST) Nov 14
Supreme Court closes a contempt plea filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the court his “chowkidar chor hai” slogan against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the #Rafale case.
11:17 AM (IST) Nov 14
The apex court had then dismissed petitions seeking court-monitored probe into alleged irregularities in procurement of jets by asserting that there was "no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the deal". It had also said that it was not their job to go into the issue of pricing of the fighter planes.
11:15 AM (IST) Nov 14
Supreme Court dismisses review petitions pertaining to Rafale
10:58 AM (IST) Nov 14
Justice Kaul reading out verdict on Rafale jet
10:57 AM (IST) Nov 14
No stay on women's entry to Sabarimala
10:56 AM (IST) Nov 14
CJI Ranjan Gogoi transfers case to a 7 member bench after two judges expressed dissent note
10:35 AM (IST) Nov 14
State BJP spokesperson MT Ramesh said that he expects a verdict which will favour the believers.
10:34 AM (IST) Nov 14
The judges arrive at the courtroom and the pages of the verdict seem to be less, observe sources from the Supreme Court
10:28 AM (IST) Nov 14
Constitution Bench of Supreme Court to pronounce verdict at 10.30 AM today in review petitions challenging the 2018 judgment.
10:21 AM (IST) Nov 14
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan reviews security arrangements. Around 2,500 policemen and women have been stationed in and around the temple complex.
08:31 AM (IST) Nov 14
Security has been tightened by the Kerala police ahead of the top court's verdict
08:28 AM (IST) Nov 14
The Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) said it will abide by the top court's decision. TDB is the body that looks after the administration of most temples in South Kerala districts, including Sabarimala. At present, TDB is headed by former CPI-M legislator A Padmakumar.
08:26 AM (IST) Nov 14
The Sabarimala verdict will be pronounced by the Supreme Court at 10 30AM. The judgment will be pronounced by the Constitution bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi. As many as 64 petitions, which include review pleas and transfer pleas, were filed in the top court challenging its last year's decision on the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple.