After criticising Sabarimala PIL, Supreme Court questions plea against Dawoodi Bohra excommunication
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the manner in which a group of reformists challenged the top court's 1962 ruling which upheld excommunication practices followed in the Dawoodi Bohra community [Kantaru Rejeevaru v. Indian Young Lawyers Association].The Court said that the petition, filed under Article 32, seemed legally unsustainable since it was against an earlier ruling of the top court. Hence, filing a review or curative petition would have been the proper remedy, the Court stated.Th