6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala HC DB Recuses From Hearing Church Dispute Case

The Division Bench of Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran has recused from hearing the petition concerning the dispute between Jacobite and Orthodox factions.This was after an application was moved seeking the recusal of Justice Devan from the matter, on the ground that he had appeared as counsel for one of the parties involved in the case in earlier proceedings before the. The Division Bench of Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran has recused from hearing the petition concerning the dispute between Jacobite and Orthodox factions. The DB was dealing with a petition seeking police protection to implement the July 2017 verdict of Supreme Court which decided the century-old dispute between Jacobite and Orthodox factions in favour of the latter. The DB order authored by Justice Devan Ramachandran had observed "we see that in certain other instances, the State has implemented judgments strongly by deploying large numbers of police personnel and by imposing local restrictions under the Code of Criminal Procedure".

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