New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s nine-judge Constitution bench is scheduled to start hearing of the filing of over 50 review pleas in the Sabarimala judgement case from April 7^th.  The hearing on 50 review pleas in the Sabarimala judgement case is likely to conclude on April 22^nd, 2026.

According to the SC causelist, the nine-judge Constitution bench, headed by the Chief Justice Surya Kant, is slated to hear the pleas from April 7^th, Tuesday onwards. The other eight judges in the Bench composition would be: Justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, Augustine George Masih, Prasanna B Varale, R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi.

The Apex Court, in its last hearing, had on February 16 said that the review petitioners shall be heard from April 7 to 9, 2026.

The review pleas have been filed and are pending in the Sc for disposal, against the 2018 verdict holding that the traditional ban on women aged 10–50 years to enter the Sabarimala Temple was unconstitutional.

The batch of petitions filed in the SC related to the discrimination against women in religions and at religious places, including Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple. The Centre will be arguing in support of the review petitioners, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, had told the Bench.

The SC struck down Rule 3(b) of the 1965 Kerala rules, stating that the exclusion based on physiological factors (menstruation) could not constitute an essential religious practice. The only Judge who dissented was Justice Indu Malhotra.